Not only is it the primary language spoken in Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India ... I’d often convert the thoughts I wanted to express from English to Spanish, word by word, and if I didn’t know a ...

Since most elementary school teachers speak English ... was in explaining words, ideas and concepts in English, especially when they cannot be expressed as pictures. In Tamil Nadu’s primary ...

Many who take part in the meetings do not speak Tamil. So, I had to improve my English." Though Saravanan had earlier tried taking the classes in-person, he says he felt shy to speak in front of ...

On a question from the session moderator, Frontline Editor Vaishna Roy, on why Tamil does not take new words from other languages, like English, he said according to Tamil scholar Robert Caldwell ...