Staff Reporter
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on has stressed the need for a people’s movement to preserve languages to deliver the benefits of India’s language traditions to the future generations.
Speaking at the 6th annual Rashtretara Telugu Samakhya conference, he highlighted the power of language to unite people across generations and geographies.
Mr. Naidu called for a concerted effort to preserve, enrich and propagate India’s languages, cultures and traditions.
He also suggested that Telugu people should come together as one for the cause of Telugu language and the revitalisation of our local traditions.
Noting that neglecting a language will lead to its decline, the Vice President advised that it is the duty of each individual to preserve and promote one’s mother tongue, without belittling other languages and cultures.
He also underscored the need for primary education to be in one’s mother tongue, as envisaged by National Educational Policy, 2020.
The Vice President also called for more initiatives in translating Telugu literature into other Indian languages, thereby spreading the richness of one’s language tradition. Appreciating the fact that many such cultural organisations continued their work online in the wake of the pandemic, Shri Naidu suggested that efforts be intensified to integrate language and technology in the same spirit.
Noting that there are more than a thousand organisations outside the Telugu states for the preservation and propagation of the Telugu language, the Vice President commended the initiative of the organisers in coming together on a common platform called ‘Rashtretara Telugu Samakhya’. He conveyed his best wishes for their future endeavours.