Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu
is
a
i vocatio
to
Mothe
Tamil
f om
Ma o ma iam,
a
play
w itte
by
Ma o ma iam
Su da a a
i
1891.
(Photo:
PTI)
NEW
DELHI:
Tamil
Nadu
chief
mi iste
C
Joseph
Vijay
o
Mo day
moved
a
gove me t
esolutio
i
the
assembly
maki g
the
e ditio
of
Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu,
the
state
so g,
ma dato y
at
the
begi i g
of
official
p og ammes
ac oss
the
state.Movi g
the
esolutio
i
the
state
assembly,
Vijay
said
his
Tamilaga
Vett i
Kazhagam
gove me t
would
ot
comp omise
o
Tamil
Nadu’s
li guistic
a d
cultu al
ights
a d
u ged
legislato s
to
set
aside
political
diffe e ces
i
suppo ti g
the
measu e.”Ou
mothe
to gue
is
as
pu e
as
ou
mothe ,”
Vijay
said
i
a
emotive
speech,
addi g
that,
“Tamil
is
ot
o ly
a
la guage
but
also
ou
life
a d
emotio s.””Tamil
mea s
p ide,
Tamil
mea s
powe .
The
mome t
you
say
‘Tamil’,
the
e ti e
Tamil
Nadu
will
come
togethe
a d
sta d
as
o e,”
he
said.”Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu
must
hold
the
fi st
place
i
Tamil
Nadu.
Givi g
fi st
place
to
Tamil
Thaai
Vaazhthu
is
ou
state
ight,”
he
oted.”Sayi g
that
Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu
should
be
su g
fi st
does
ot
eed
to
become
a
political
debate,”
the
Tamil
adu
CM
said,
appeali g
to
membe s
ac oss
pa ty
li es
to
suppo t
the
esolutio .U de
the
esolutio ,
Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu
will
be
su g
fi st
at
p og ammes
held
by
educatio al
i stitutio s,
u ive sities,
gove me t
offices,
public
secto
u de taki gs
a d
othe
public
i stitutio s
i
Tamil
Nadu.
The
esolutio
eceived
suppo t
f om
both
DMK
a d
AIADMK
legislato s,
with
membe s
backi g
the
gove me t’s
move
to
ma date
the
si gi g
of
the
state
so g
at
official
fu ctio s.The
move
comes
amid
a
ece t
adviso y
f om
the
U io
home
mi ist y
aski g
states
a d
U io
te ito ies
to
comply
with
its
Ja ua y
28
di ective
o
playi g
Va de
Mata am
befo e
the
Natio al
A them
at
official
eve ts.It
also
comes
agai st
the
backd op
of
a
July
9
commu icatio
f om
the
mi ist y
of
home
affai s
ega di g
the
si gi g
of
state
so gs
at
official
p og ammes.
does
the
esolutio
say?
esolutio
desc ibes
Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu
as
a
exp essio
of
espect
fo
the
Tamil
la guage
a d
cultu e
a d
li ks
its
ma dato y
e ditio
to
the
li guistic
a d
cultu al
ights
gua a teed
u de
the
Co stitutio .
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
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you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
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espectful
·
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commu ity
guideli es
“The efo e,
this
House
(
Tamil
Nadu
Assembly
)
emphasises
that
“Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu”
is
a
exp essio
of
espect
fo
the
Tamil
la guage
a d
Tamil
cultu e.
I
acco da ce
with
the
li guistic
a d
cultu al
ights
gua a teed
by
the
Co stitutio
of
I dia,
a d
with
a
view
to
p ese vi g
the
Cultu al
ide tity
of
Tamil
Nadu,
the
Tamil
Nadu
Legislative
Assembly
u a imously
esolves
that
“Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu”
shall
be
ma dato ily
su g
fi st,
befo e
the
comme ceme t
of
p og ammes
held
by
all
Educatio al
I stitutio s,
U ive sities,
Gove me t
Offices,
Public
Secto
U de taki gs
a d
othe
Public
I stitutio s
i
Tamil
Nadu,”
the
esolutio
said.The
esolutio
also
otes
that
Tamil
is
o e
of
the
wo ld’s
oldest
classical
la guages
a d
desc ibes
Tamil
civilisatio
as
o e
of
the
wo ld’s
oldest
cultu al
t aditio s.Tamil
Nadu
had
fi st
di ected
that
Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu
be
su g
at
the
begi i g
of
official
fu ctio s
th ough
a
gove me t
o de
issued
o
Novembe
23,
1970.The
state
gove me t
fo mally
acco ded
the
so g
the
status
of
the
state
so g
o
Decembe
12,
2021,
maki g
its
e ditio
ma dato y
at
official
p og ammes
a d
i stitutio s
ac oss
the
state.Tamil
Thai
Vazhthu
is
a
i vocatio
to
Mothe
Tamil
f om
Ma o ma iam,
a
play
w itte
by
Ma o ma iam
Su da a a
i
1891.
