Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday mentioned that residents ought to train freedom of expression with decency of language and self-discipline of phrases, as he nearly addressed a gathering at Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Maharashtra’s Wardha district.
The Vice President unveiled the statue of BR Ambedkar and inaugurated the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan and Chandrashekhar Azad Hostel situated within the college campus.
He additionally mentioned that it’s anticipated from a civilized society that its language ought to be mild, cultured and artistic.
“Let us train our freedom of expression with decency of language and self-discipline of phrases. Our writing ought to be good for the society. It is predicted from a civilized society that its language ought to be mild, cultured and artistic.
“There should be civilized conversation, not conflict, in university culture and literary writing,” he mentioned.
According to Naidu, freedom of expression ought to be exercised whereas sustaining the dignity of the language.
“After a long debate, the Constituent Assembly accepted Hindi as the official language and constitutional status was given to other Indian languages in the Eighth Schedule,” Naidu mentioned.
“We are fortunate to have linguistic diversity in our country. Our linguistic diversity is our strength, as our languages are a symbol of our cultural unity,” he mentioned, including that every Indian language has a proud historical past and wealthy literature.
The Vice President mentioned that for Mahatma Gandhi, the query of language was a query of nationwide integration. He additional defined that Mahatma Gandhi, even after emphasizing on Hindi, understood the sensitivity of each citizen to the mom tongue and believed that no language ought to be imposed on anybody.
“For the Mahatma, the query of language was essential for the unity of the nation. He was of the view that with out ‘Rashtrabhasha’ (nationwide language), the nation is deaf. All Indian languages have a proud historical past and wealthy literature. The variety of our languages is our energy.”
“The New Education Policy 2020 follows the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. It also proposes the use of mother tongue at the primary and middle school level,” Naidu mentioned.
He additional mentioned that literature in different Indian languages must also be made accessible on-line together with Hindi translation, and recommended that the language departments of universities might play an essential function on this regard.
Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Wardha teaches overseas languages like French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and so on. in Hindi medium.
Expressing happiness over this, Naidu known as for increasing this facility to different Indian languages as effectively, in order that Hindi college students can study different Indian languages as effectively.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
