Chennai: The inaugural session – Kaalkol Kaadhai of Tamil Iyakkam was held in the presence of Mauritius President Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory, Guyana Prime Minister Moses Veerasammy Nagamootoo and Deputy Chief Minister of Tamilnadu O Panneerselvam here at Raja Annamalai Mandram in the city today.
Panneerselvam released the book Theenthamzih Thiravukol authored by members of the managing committee of the Tamil Iyakkam.
The first copy of the book was received by Abirami Ramanathan. Similarly, Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology Ma Foi K Pandiarajan launched the website of Tamil Iyakkam.
During the event, Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, Rajya Sabha member L Ganesan, BJP State president Tamilisai Soundararajan and Sri Lankas State Minister of Education V Radhakrishnan were also present as the guests of honour.
Earlier, when addressing media persons, founder of Tamil Iyakkam G Viswanathan said, “Nowadays, English, Sanskrit and other languages are being mixed along with Tamil and are pronounced in a different way. As a result, Tamil is losing its speciality and cultural aspect. Love for the language has already started diminishing. To bring a solution to all these problems, we are starting Tamil Iyakkam.”
He added that this project has been initiated to protect Tamil language and spread the cultural importance of Tamil. He also said apart from political parties, Tamil Iyakkam will serve to unite all the Tamil organisations.
“We hope to instil interest in Tamil among the students,” he said. Tamil Iyakkam also plans to provide legal aid for those who wish to change the names of their business organisations and products to Tamil.