NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday that promotion and protection of ancient Indian languages was the need of the hour as they offer a window to country’s ancient civilisational values, knowledge and wisdom.
”When a language dies, an entire culture dies. We simply cannot let that happen. Protecting our cultural heritage, including languages is our constitutionally mandated duty,” Mr Naidu said addressing the gathering after conferring around 100 ‘President’s Certificate of Honour’ and ‘Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman’ Awards to scholars in Classical Languages, here.
Observing that studies by experts estimate that almost 600 languages were on the verge of extinction and more than 250 languages have disappeared in the past 60 years, the Vice-President said the modern Indian languages have ancient roots and are derived in some way from the classical languages.
”If we don’t preserve and sustain this link, we lose a very precious key to the treasure house we have all inherited,” he warned. (AGENCIES)
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