Rally held to urge political parties to add Tamil language conservation in their election manifestos

Tamil scholars, linguists, practitioners, writers, teachers, and people from various walks of life participated in a rally urging political parties to add conservation of Tamil language and culture as part of their election manifestos.

Under the banner of World Tamil Conservation Collective, the members took out the rally on Saturday to mark International Mother Language Day. Among the demands of the Collective was a push for mother tongue as the medium of instruction in schools across the country, temple rituals in Tamil Nadu to be conducted in Tamil, and Tamil to be included as a compulsory subject at all colleges.

Among those present were Ramananda Kumaragurupara Adigal of Gowmara Madalayam Coimbatore and C. Subramaniam, former vice chancellor or Tamil University and the first Coordinator of the Collective.