THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At a time when Malayalis are flayed for not respecting their mother tongue and even staunch supporters of classical status for Malayalam are being tagged as hypocrites ...

has recently launched ‘Padippurussi’ (taste of learning), a special scheme intended to equip students of Muthuvan tribal settlements at Edamalakkudy, Idukki, read and write Malayalam.

The other teacher who will give Germans a taste of the Malayalam language is Sobhana Panicker. Sobhana teaches German at Central University, IIST and Christ Nagar School, Thiruvallam, and has been ...