Tirupur: An 80-year-old man has introduced an indefinite mute protest at his house in the city, demanding that the state govt must make Tamil the medium of instruction in faculties.
Octogenarian Okay Muthusamy of Karuvampalayam has additionally placed an image of Saint-poet Tiruvalluvar in entrance of the home. Since he communicates most effective by writing and the usage of signal language, Muthusamy’s wife Subbulakshmi explained about his cause. “Muthusamy, who's known as ‘Titoni’ Muthusamy, worships the mum tongue. Though he may find out about most effective up to magnificence VII, he groomed himself by reading Tamil literature. He used to be working an export-oriented knitwear production unit. He all the time took section in social activities and had participated in a protest urging the government to claim Tamil as a classical language in Delhi,” she told TOI.
Muthusamy used to be anxious seeing the young generation becoming bored in Tamil and embracing English, Subbulakshmi said. “Despite knowing that the mother-language used to be the most efficient medium, the society used to be abruptly switching over to English. Due to societal power, some of our 5 grandchildren may now not proceed their research in Tamil medium past magnificence V. He wanted to modify the situation where the society will fee Tamil medium prime and go, right from number one education to better education,” she said.
Her husband introduced the protest on March 24, on his 80th birthday, after taking an oath in entrance of a palm tree — Tamil Nadu’s state tree — in Tirumurugan Poondi, Subbulakshmi said. “He would proceed the mute protest until the state govt makes Tamil medium mandatory in all faculties.”
Octogenarian Okay Muthusamy of Karuvampalayam has additionally placed an image of Saint-poet Tiruvalluvar in entrance of the home. Since he communicates most effective by writing and the usage of signal language, Muthusamy’s wife Subbulakshmi explained about his cause. “Muthusamy, who's known as ‘Titoni’ Muthusamy, worships the mum tongue. Though he may find out about most effective up to magnificence VII, he groomed himself by reading Tamil literature. He used to be working an export-oriented knitwear production unit. He all the time took section in social activities and had participated in a protest urging the government to claim Tamil as a classical language in Delhi,” she told TOI.
Muthusamy used to be anxious seeing the young generation becoming bored in Tamil and embracing English, Subbulakshmi said. “Despite knowing that the mother-language used to be the most efficient medium, the society used to be abruptly switching over to English. Due to societal power, some of our 5 grandchildren may now not proceed their research in Tamil medium past magnificence V. He wanted to modify the situation where the society will fee Tamil medium prime and go, right from number one education to better education,” she said.
Her husband introduced the protest on March 24, on his 80th birthday, after taking an oath in entrance of a palm tree — Tamil Nadu’s state tree — in Tirumurugan Poondi, Subbulakshmi said. “He would proceed the mute protest until the state govt makes Tamil medium mandatory in all faculties.”
Octogenarian launches protest demanding mandatory Tamil medium in all schools
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