Odia language would have been enjoying a better position than where it is now, had we employed it as a means of communication in our administration, courts and business establishments,” said New Thinking Forum secretary and MP Baisnab Charan Parida, while delivering his key note address on the occasion of a State level seminar entitled ‘Bhasa Suraksha Sammilani’ here on July 21.
It was jointly organised by lekhak Sammukhya and Bhasa Sammiksha Sammilani. Parida lamented that about 77 years after Odisha became a language based State, its language was not paid due attention and elevated to that status as envisaged by Kulabruddha Madhusudan Das. A sense of awareness is to be inculcated among the Odias in order to provide necessary protection and development to the language.
If this language can be integrated with education and technology, then the future generation will be inspired to learn the language, said Prof KC Behera, while inaugurating the seminar.
The speakers said that so long as all the privileges and positions are enjoyed by the English speaking elite few, no sense of pride will be generated among the Odia people.
Prof Behera further advocated for the extensive use of Odia language in all aspects of life, including social, family and administrative set-ups so as to make it a living language. Odisha Sahitya Academy president Satakadi Hota maintained that if Odia is used as a tool of official communication, then the common people would taste the ends of justice. He also suggested convening such types of symposium in various parts of the State.
Speaking on the occasion, eminent linguistic Prof Panchanan Mohanty of Hyderabad University said that Odia is being neglected in Odisha very much unlike other Indian languages in their respective States. Noted columnist Barendra Dhal suggested that strong political will of the State Government is very much essential for upliftment of the language.
Prominent among others, who spoke included former Chief Secretary Ajit Tripathy, Justice Hrudaya Ballav Das, Das Benhoor, Kalyani Sanghamitra of Brahmpur University Media Studies and Dolamani Mahar. The meeting was presided over by Hota.
Odia language would have been enjoying a better position than where it is now, had we employed it as a means of communication in our administration, courts and business establishments,” said New Thinking Forum secretary and MP Baisnab Charan Parida, while delivering his key note address on the occasion of a State level seminar entitled ‘Bhasa Suraksha Sammilani’ here on July 21. It was jointly organised by lekhak Sammukhya and Bhasa Sammiksha Sammilani. Parida lamented that about 77 years after Odisha became a language based State, its language was not paid due attention and elevated to that status as envisaged by Kulabruddha Madhusudan Das.
A sense of awareness is to be inculcated among the Odias in order to provide necessary protection and development to the language.
If this language can be integrated with education and technology, then the future generation will be inspired to learn the language, said Prof KC Behera, while inaugurating the seminar.
The speakers said that so long as all the privileges and positions are enjoyed by the English speaking elite few, no sense of pride will be generated among the Odia people.
Prof Behera further advocated for the extensive use of Odia language in all aspects of life, including social, family and administrative set-ups so as to make it a living language. Odisha Sahitya Academy president Satakadi Hota maintained that if Odia is used as a tool of official communication, then the common people would taste the ends of justice. He also suggested convening such types of symposium in various parts of the State.
Speaking on the occasion, eminent linguistic Prof Panchanan Mohanty of Hyderabad University said that Odia is being neglected in Odisha very much unlike other Indian languages in their respective States. Noted columnist Barendra Dhal suggested that strong political will of the State Government is very much essential for upliftment of the language.
Prominent among others, who spoke included former Chief Secretary Ajit Tripathy, Justice Hrudaya Ballav Das, Das Benhoor, Kalyani Sanghamitra of Brahmpur University Media Studies and Dolamani Mahar. The meeting was presided over by Hota.