Tamil World Conference

• Tamil Conference: A matter of Politics?

  Tamil was accorded classical language status in the year 2004 but it's only six years later that the Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi decided to hold the first edition of  world classical Tamil conference. The much hyped first edition of the world classical Tamil conference ends at Coimbatore on Sunday.Home Minister P Chidambaram and Fi...

• Threat to Tamil conference: 7 arrested

  Tamil Nadu Police have arrested seven people in Coimbatore for distributing pamphlets against the ongoing Tamil conference. Five of those arrested belong to a radical organisation called Democratic Youth and two to another such outfit, the Democratic Youth Front.Today is the third day of the lavish five-day Tamil conference, a pet project of C...

• 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...