New Delhi, March 15 -- Amid ongoing debate over language policy in Tamil Nadu and the war of words over the state replacing the Indian rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in the budget, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday that Tamil is a very sweet language and one of the assets of our country.

He added that the Prime Minister is making sure that every Indian language gets its big place under the sun, as well as their due respect.

Speaking at an event in Chennai, Vaishnaw said that Tamil is a very sweet language.

The minister said that in north India they know Tamil as only 'masala dosa' adding his professor at IIT Kanpur introduced him to so many different facets of Tamil culture.

The minister noted that the in the law itse...