Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email EVERY Indian should make an effort to read and write in their mother tongue, Perak state executive councillor Datuk G. Rajoo said.
Tamil schools and newspapers and the temples play a major part in propagating the language, Tamil Nesan reported him as saying at a dinner organised by the Parit Buntar Tamil Society.
He said learning the language would enable them to understand their culture and heritage and pass on this knowledge to the future generations.
Datuk Rajoo, who is also the Perak MIC chief, said Indians should be ashamed if they did not know their own language, and parents should speak their mother tongue at home and encourage their children to learn the language.
He said Perak MIC would be starting a "Speak and Write Tamil" campaign soon.
