PMK founder S. Ramadoss addressing an consciousness marketing campaign assembly in Dindigul on Tuesday
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If the Tamil language dies, our race will die with it; we’re, in truth, dropping our language quickly and it ought to be protected in any respect prices, mentioned Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss in Dindigul on Tuesday.
Addressing a gathering close to the clock tower in Dindigul as a part of his State-wide marketing campaign ‘Tamilai Thedi’ (In search of Tamil) to create consciousness concerning the significance of the Tamil language, Dr. Ramadoss mentioned he has “not seen Tamil nor Tamils so far” in his tour. “It seems as if 75% of the people living in the State are English-speaking, while Tamils are only 5%,” he lamented.
Dr. Ramadoss mentioned whereas researchers say solely 5% of different languages could be blended with our mom tongue for comfort in day by day conversations, the truth is vice versa. “It pains me to see how much of English is mixed with Tamil these days, even in the villages as much as it is in the cities,” he mentioned.
Underscoring that he was not in opposition to using languages apart from Tamil, he mentioned the marketing campaign is aimed toward defending, preserving and nurturing the Tamil language. He additionally urged individuals to talk any language, be it ‘Sundara Telungu,’ Kannada or Malayalam with out mixing it with different languages.
Dr. Ramadoss famous that the behavior of talking in fluent Tamil should start at college, and proceed at dwelling. “Certain educational institutions, who do business in the name of education, deliberately go against the rules of the State pertaining to learning Tamil, and approach the courts. They act like agencies aimed at killing Tamil, forgetting that they are also Tamils,” he mentioned.
Pointing to the commercials in English erected close by, he mentioned they’d be painted in black subsequent week in the event that they weren’t become Tamil.
Former PMK president G.Ok. Mani, Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi (UUK) chief Ok. Chellamuthu and others have been current on the event.
