SPEECH BY HER EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, SHRIMATI PRATIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE FIRST WORLD CLASSICAL TAMIL CONFERENCE Coimbatore, 23th June 2010 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to inaugurate the First World Classical Tamil Conference in which a large number of scholars, poets and intellectuals from India and Overseas are participating. My warm greetings to all. Tamil was accorded the status of a Classical Language in 2004. This is a recognition of not only the antiquity and the richness of the language but also of its role as a carrier of great culture containing inspiring messages. I would like to begin by congratulating Kalaignar Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, under whose sagacious guidance this Conference has been organized and Tamil declared a Classical Language. A poet, a multi-faceted writer and a statesman, the Chief Minister, has himself written the ‘Theme Song’ of this Conference. I applaud him for the literary excellence which he had been able to attain, in spite of a busy life of as a Legislator in the Tamil Nadu Assembly which spans over fifty years and as the Chief Minister for nineteen years. I have a special place for Tamil Nadu… Read full this story
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