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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On Friday morning the students of Malayalam Pallikoodam marched to Thampanoor bus stand from Thycaud Government LPS carrying a torch to observe World Mother Tongue Day. A hundred students were part of the team that marched to the bus stand where the torch was handed over to renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan. After arriving at the bus stand, they offered their condolences to those who died in the KSRTC bus accident on Thursday at Avinashi in Tamil Nadu. Another student Nanma, winner of the state-level elocution competition of Shishu Ksema Samithi, delivered a speech on the importance of the mother tongue. Several students and parents do not realise the importance of the mother tongue..