Jamshedpur writer Ansuman Bhagat represented Jharkhand in the recently Vadodara Literature Festival organised by "I.I.M.U.N" at Parul University, Gujarat from 10 to 11 May.
Eminent writers and famous personalities from all the states were invited in this literature festival. Shabana Azmi, Chetan Bhagat, Tahira Kashyap, Lieutenant General Satish Dua, Alok Srivastava along with well-known writer Ansuman Bhagat were part of the panel. Ansuman was present there as a panelist and gave his response to the language conference Desh ke Dil ki Kahaniyan at the Vadodara Literature Festival.
"IIMUN" is the world's largest youth-run organization that aims to bring the world closer together by empowering youth to develop solutions to global problems. Many eminent personalities and speakers in this organization, including people from political and film fields, Shashi Tharoor, Karan Johar, Gauri Khan, Kriti Sanon, Karthik Aryan, Sania Mirza and other popular personalities spoke about "I.I.M.U.N".
Bhagat explained the importance of languages through this event, he was joined by Khalid Ahmed in a panel discussion. In his answer, Ansuman explained that the importance of languages in India is very important, especially regional languages. India is a diverse country where many languages are spoken and it has a significant contribution to its overall pride and geographical and cultural wealth.
Ansuman also discussed the local languages spoken in other cities as well as the regional languages of Jharkhand. He explained that there is always a sense of affinity in the local languages of Jharkhand and local languages should be encouraged because languages strengthen people-to-people relations and provide them with a means of communication. In this program, people listened to his talk on languages with great attention and he was also appreciated by the literature lovers.