The colloquium on ‘Official language’ organised by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya with support from the Official language Department of the Union Ministry of Culture was inaugurated by chief guest Ved Prakash Gaur, Director-Official language, Ministry of Culture, Government of India by lighting the lamp.
The chief guest of the colloquium, Ved Prakash Gaur speaking on the role of regional languages said “Regional languages provide its life to Hindi, they (regional languages) have become synonym of Indian culture, hence promoting them is equally important. He further explained the importance and role of Hindi and its contribution by citing the example of India freedom struggle, where Hindi played the key role in uniting people”. Hindi is our identity in abroad.
Special guest and Secretary, Bharatiya Bhasha Evam Sanskritik Kendra, New Delhi, Mahipal Singh said, “Culture cannot be related to language ad it has several different gestures, but the language is culture’s main organ.”
Deputy Inspector General of Indo Tibetan Border Police, Raman Kadwal speaking on the context of usage of official language in Para-military forces said, “In early 1980s, 95 per cent of the official work was done in English, whereas at present 98% of the official work of ITBP is done in Hindi”. The conclusion of the colloquium is all regional languages should be promoted along with official language Hindi. But the honour of being the National language should not be given to any foreign language.
Official and experts like Savita Dixit, Basant Nirgune and Pratibha Som from various organizations like IIFM, National Archives, Regional Science Centre, National Achieve, ASI and other government offices shared their opinions and clarified their doubts regarding reports presented Parliamentary committee on Official language. The colloquium was coordinated by Ashok Kumar Sharma. In the end, Seema Khitoliya narrated a poem on Hindi and delivered the vote of thanks.