Tamil Nadu shows the path for every state to follow to protect their mother tongue by identifying hegemonic languages and the strategy to escape their clutches, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin said and vowed to halt Hindi imposition and save mother Tamil.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Hazrat Amir Khusrau described India as greater than all the big countries of the world at that time.
She was 80 years old and was suffering from an incurable disease for quite some time.
Prior to the convocation ceremony, the Vice-President had darshan at the holy Tirumala temple.
Over 550 writers, speakers and performers will participate in the 17th edition of the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) beginning from February 1-5 here.
"Such initiatives will go a long way in fulfilling Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat and New India,” said Minister of Education Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Sanskrit has been an integral part of our tradition since antiquity and our Sanskrit scriptures have been vehicles of expression of Indian wisdom, philosophy, science, and ethics. He added that such events play an instrumental role in enabling participants to develop a keen interest in the language.
The country showed massive support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call as millions turned to their balconies and light the lamps in response to his call.
Sanskrit's credentials to be a language of future India are definitely better and greater than we have realised so far. Its revival will not only renew and revive the pride in our own cultural heritage, but will also bring about spiritualism and the concept of a meaningful society and polity, thereby bringing order and peace all across the country, a desideratum for any developed society.
The names of railway stations in Uttarakhand on platform signboards still appear in Urdu as most of them belong to the period when the state was part of Uttar Pradesh where Urdu is the second official language.
