The rise of new media has not only made communication and information easier, it also has made profound influence on politics, economy, society, culture and language," opined senior journalist and BBC Hindi editor Nidheesh Tyagi here on Monday.
Tyagi was in the State capital to deliver a lecture on 'New Media and Future of Indian languages' organised jointly by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) and Swami Pranavanand Journalism Trust of India.
"The number of users of new social media has fast expanded in recent times and it is still growing. The situation is such that the number of Facebook users is going to surpass the total voters of a party like Congress. In such a situation, even the political parties will be compelled to use local languages for reaching to the masses. This will, in return, promote use of such local languages," Tyagi said.
Expressing hope that new media will give a boost to expansion of the Indian languages, Tyagi said, "New media has facilitated expansion of regional languages beyond geographical boundaries. It is much easier to bring any information, idea or literature in one's own language today than ever before. There was a time when original ideas were first published in English and then translated into regional languages. But now, due to new media it is much easier to publish one's ideas into one's own language."
Earlier, the programme was initiated at the NITTTR auditorium by its Director Vijay Agrawal. Chairman of Swami Pranavanand Journalism Trust lS Hardenia who presided over the programme said that there was a pressing need to think about the regional languages to enrich them.