3.The essays should be on one of the following topics. The prize-winning essays will be published in Thendral – Mullai, a quarterly publication of the Tamil Sangam of Greater Washington. It is our plan to publish the abstracts of the prize-winning essays and the photos of the authors in FeTNA’s Souvenir for the 2021 Annual Function. The Award: The Prizes and the Plaques will be distributed at the Federation of Tamil Sangam of North America’s (FeTNA’s) Annual Function 2021. *A Special Prize for the best essay written in Tamil will be awarded only if that essay is not one of the three other prize-winning essays Special Prize* for the best essay written in Tamil – $250.00.In order to be eligible for a prize, the essay must earn a minimum of 70 points.The Interview Committee will try to assess that the essays were actually written by the authors.
The authors will be asked to deliver a five-minute lecture based on their essays. The authors’ will be asked detailed questions regarding their essays. During the interview, the judges will try to assess the authors’ general knowledge about Thiruvalluvar and Thirukkural. The authors of the selected essays will be interviewed by the Interview Committee. The Selection Committee will evaluate the essays and select six to eight best essays.
In addition, these outcomes are expected to provide appropriate guidelines for future policy direction.Tamil Sangam of Greater Washington, American Tamil Academy, and the Tamil Literary Study Circle of Greater Washington join together to conduct Thirukkural Essay Competition for High School Students (Grades 9 through 12) in the United States of America. It would also help the reader to have a comparative view of South Asia region vis-à-vis other regions of the world. After reading this chapter, the reader will gain a clear understanding of the status of human well-being indicators in each country in South Asia and of the region as a whole. GDP (growth and per capita trends), health (life expectancy, infant mortality rate, survival to 65 years of age, availability of doctors and beds), education (literacy rate, mean and expected years of schooling), human development (Human Development Index), poverty (Multidimensional Poverty Index), unemployment (youth and total), and subjective well-being or happiness (life satisfaction, happy life years, World Happiness Report rankings) are tracked for the given period and comparisons are made through graphical depiction and narration in order to examine trends in each area. Primarily, data from World Bank reports and databases across 1990–2017 are used. In some cases, finding data consistency and availability has been a challenge, but overall it is consistent. This chapter discusses the outcomes of public policy implementation from all of the eight countries of the South Asian region. Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making