Language is a living tool : Naidu

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New Delhi : The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naiud on March 29, 2018, said that language is a living tool – you must use it or you lose it.

” If we lose a language we lose an important part of cultural identity,” Naidu said while  addressing the 9th Convocation of Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, at Pune, Maharshtra, on March 29. The Guardian Minister for Pune, Maharashtra, Girish Bapat, and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The Vice President, quoting Mahatma Gandhi, said “We, the English educated Indians, often unconsciously make assumption that the microscopic minority of English speaking Indians are the whole of India.” All the states should consider using local languages extensively in the day to day work and they could also make it an integral part of school curriculum and an essential qualification for employment at appropriate levels in administration,” he added.

Highlighting the importance of language learning in our education system, Naidu said it is a reflection of our ideas and values, out thoughts and emotions. Language is a tool for transmission of culture and it is truly the life blood of a civilization, he added.

The Vice President said that Mother tongue, the language of home, is the root of the huge tree of life. ” We must constantly nourish it by speaking, writing and producing literature in the mother tongue and use it in schools, colleges and universities,” he added.

He said it is essential for higher educational institutions to mould the next generation by inculcating in them the core values of patriotism, honesty, responsibility, discipline, compassion, respect for women and pluralism.