"The government's policy position and support for Tamil is clear. The rest is in the hands of the community, especially our youths, to embrace the language, use it in everyday life and make it a living language," Iswaran said. "The 'Tamil Language Festival' is one way to achieve this by engaging and involving the younger generation and wider community in this effort to celebrate and promote Tamil language and culture," Iswaran, the minister in charge of Trade Relations as well as Communications and Information, said. By nature, the South Indians, especially Tamils, were obedient in carrying out the orders of their superiors. According to the book, as Singapore economically progressed after the colonial rulers left, the Tamil community progressed along and became part of the prosperous society.

Source: dna May 13, 2018 09:00 UTC