Our languages ​​are our cultural heritage: Vice President

 

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on the occasion of Hindi Day that we should be proud of our linguistic diversity. Our languages ​​are our cultural heritage and have a rich literary history. He was addressing a function online. On September 14, 1949, our Constituent Assembly accepted Hindi as the official language.

In this context, the Vice President quoted Gandhiji's article in "Harijan" in 1946, stating that the grand building of the national language would stand on the foundation of regional languages. The national languages ​​and regional languages ​​complement each other, not antagonists. Naidu said that only the path suggested by Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Rajendra Prasad can strengthen our linguistic unity.

He said that every language of ours is worshipable. Any language is pure like our rites and pure like our beliefs. The Vice President said that no language should be imposed or there should be any opposition to any language. He emphasized that mother tongue should be the medium of instruction for inclusive and sustainable development, so that children should be able to express themselves and understand the subject. Get interested in reading. In this context, he expressed happiness that the new education policy 2020 recognizes the importance of Indian languages ​​and culture.

Naidu said that for this, good text books have to be made available in Hindi and other Indian languages ​​and publishers will also have an important role in this. The Vice President has been urging people to learn more and more Indian languages ​​during the ban due to the epidemic. He said that all Indian languages ​​can develop simultaneously.

We must learn some idioms, words or counting of other Indian languages. Also, he advised that in Hindi also, students should be introduced to literature in other Indian languages ​​and eminent litterateurs and other linguistic areas should be introduced to Hindi writers, their works.

He stressed that it will be easy to learn Hindi and other Indian languages ​​because the rites and thoughts of the nation are the same. On this occasion, the Vice President asked the students to respect their mother tongue and use it in everyday work. Read the literature of Hindi and the languages ​​of the country, write in it. Only then will our languages ​​develop, they will prosper. On this occasion, the Vice President also greeted Hindi teachers.