Tamil Language In Court

• Karunanidhi's dream Tamil conference begins, it'll cost 380 crores

  For close to 400 crores, Tamil Nadu gets to celebrate its language for a period of five days with Tamil scholars from all over the world -4000 of them.  It's all part of the extravaganza that is the first World Classical Tamil Conference in Coimbatore. (Forum: Is the 382-crore bill worth it? Comment here) The event was inaugurated this morning...

• Tamil Nadu: Politics over court language, 12 lawyers arrested

  Twelve advocates on an indefinite fast in the Madras High Court in Chennai and in its Madurai Bench demanding that Tamil be made the official language of court have been arrested after the court declared the protest illegal.The lawyers -- seven in Chennai and five in Madurai -- were arrested late Friday night on a complaint from the high court Regi...

• Tamil as court language: Six advocates on indefinite fast

  It's a fast track protest, with lawyers on a fast unto death for their right to argue in Tamil. Even after practicing as a lawyer for 15 years, Natarajan has to struggle to make ends meet. His problem, he often loses his cases because his opponents are more articulate in English. Now he and others like him have decided to demand what they feel is a...