Today every section of the society wants that all the Government and administration works, education, competitive examinations, trade and finance be carried out in Indian languages. But this is not happening. The main reason behind it is absence of serious demand from the people in this direction. The political decisions are taken only on the basis of will power of the common men. If Indian languages are to be encouraged in the society, Hindi and other languages would have to be used in a revolutionary way.
These views were expressed by the higher education minister of Madhya Pradesh, Umashankar Gupta while addressing the two-day seminar organised by Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University and Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas (Trust for Uplift of Education and Culture), New Delhi organised at laxminarayan College of Technology, Bhopal on Saturday.
He said, “Today, although, we use Hindi and other Indian languages in religious functions, but in other works like political, financial and educational, we use English. There is a need to change this mindset.” Introducing the subject, Atul Kothari, national secretary of Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyar, New Delhi said there is a need for complete makeover in the education system of the country.
The education of the country should be in sync with the culture of the nation. The key speaker on the occasion, Sankrant Sonu, who is a computer engineer with Microsoft in USA said that no country has made progress by abandoning its language. Referring to a research, he said that 20 developed of the world provide all kinds of services including justice, medical, administration and education in their own languages.
In contrary, the 20 poorest countries of the world are using English or other colonial languages. Vice-chancellor of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, Mohanlal Chhipa underlined that for the spread of Hindi and other Indian languages on the world map, the language lovers would have to be aware and come forward. Presiding over the session based on mass communication and information technology, vice-chancellor of Journalism University, Prof Brij Kishore Kuthiala said that a wide discussion has been done on language and communication in Indian epics.