The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur celebrated 'Matribhasha Divas' on Thursday with full rigour and enthusiasm to promote the dissemination of mother tongues and fuller awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world and to inspire solidarity based on understanding, tolerance and dialogue.
Prof. BS Sahay, Director IIM Raipur lauded this initiative as no matter how far we go in life, the comfort we get to speak and write in our mother tongue is beyond description, an institute press release informed.
Prof. PRS Sarma took pride in speaking in Sanskrit his mother tongue at a public platform and said initiatives like this should be celebrated at a grand scale.
later students stole the show by reciting poems and songs in languages including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Kannada, Gujrati, Bengali, Odiya and Konkani.
Prof. Vinita Sahay, quoted instances from her experience as a Professor and emphasized the need to appreciate the diversity and cultures across various parts of the county and the need learn other dialects.
Prof. Mukesh Kumar, gave the vote of thanks and urged students to take pride in being an Indian, the only country with so many dialects and yet united as a nation.