The Aikyabharati Research Institute has organised an international conference on Indian languages in the city from Friday to promote the study of languages, which has taken a back seat in the age of science and technology.
The Aikyabharati Research Institute has organised an international conference on Indian languages in the city from Friday to promote the study of languages, which has taken a back seat in the age of science and technology.
Participants from India and abroad will discuss the status and significance of Indian languages across the world.
The three-day meet aims at attracting the attention of academicians, students and general public on the necessity to study and preserve languages and creating a platform for interaction on the topic.
The inauguration will be held at Hotel Coronet at 10.30 am on Friday. The sessions on March 12 and 13 will be held at the institute on Ghole Road.
The institute, recognised by the University of Pune (UoP), is working towards the study of language and culture. The main activities of the institute are cross-cultural studies and research, translation, teaching of various Indian languages and publication of a cultural magazine.
Director of the institute, Durga Dixit, said the participants will share information on the importance of Indian languages, particularly Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Punjabi and Sindhi on global level.
Explaining the close relation between language and culture Dixit said, “Our languages are studied all over the world. People from other countries come to India to understand our culture, for which they learn our language. Language brings people together; you cannot restrict it within boundaries. But we need to see what we are doing to preserve these languages and our culture. We will be able to save our culture only if we save our languages.”
She rued the dominance of English in speech and written form while regional languages are suffering.
“We are not against English. But we are not doing enough to preserve and learn our languages. Some languages are being opposed in some places in our country with political motive,” she said.
She felt that the understanding between East and West can grow with the propagation and development of languages. The meet hopes to find answers to such issues.
During the sessions, scholars who will present their papers include Suresh Salil (Delhi), Bhavesh Jadhav (Surat), MS Mallick (Chandrapur), Usha Upadhyay (Ahmedabad), Vani Ucchilkar (Mumbai), Sanatkumar (Madhya Pradesh), Vijaya Telang (Gulbarga), Annapurneshwari (Chennai), Eric Sand (Denmark) and others.
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