MADURAI, INDIA, May 6, 2002: The International Tamil Conference, which concluded here on Sunday, requested Tamil Nadu government to make Tamil compulsory at “all levels.” A resolution passed at the conference, held by the International Tamil Integration Society, wanted the government to formulate an act in this regard. It urged the government to make Tamil medium compulsory in nursery schools in the state. Tamizh Vazhipadu (worship in Tamil) should also be made compulsory in the temples, and Tamil should be widely used in courts and government offices. Another resolution adopted at the general body meeting of the conference requested that the Centre declare Tamil as a “classical language” and the Tamil treatise “Tirukural” as a national literary work.
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