Seminars organised on the literary works of late DMK leader and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi should not only praise his works but should also help in spreading his ideas for egalitarian and progressive society, said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (June 27, 2025).
Inaugurating the two-day seminar organised by the Sahitya Akademi along with the Special Centre for Tamil Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai, Mr. Stalin said that the literary contributions of the late leader should be taken to the next generation.
Listing out various measures undertaken by his government, including allotment of houses for Tamil scholars and nationalising of their works, Mr. Stalin said that steps were underway to install a statue of late Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar in JNU campus in New Delhi.
JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulapudi Pandit underlined the late leader’s love for the Tamil language. She said that the leader’s birth centenary was not merely a moment to recall the political timelines but to understand how an individual was a bigger influence on the society that allowed him to shape language, literature and cinema and thereby the collective consciousness.
