The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Tiruchi News : Need for common language

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Monday, Oct 25, 2004

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Tamil Nadu - Tiruchi

Need for common language

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUCHI, OCT. 24 . National integration was possible only by means of a common language like Hindi, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, M. M. Lakhera said.

However, Hindi has to shed its rigidity as advocated by many scholars and be `creative and flexible' enough to incorporate commonly used words and phrases of other regional languages to make it more comprehensible and simple for the common man, he said while speaking at the annual Visharat convocation organised by the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha (Tamil Nadu) here today.

He said that Indian languages had a plethora of literary wealth and urged the people to give up the tendency of approving aspects of indigenous culture only after they gained recognition in the West.

As many as 2000 candidates from various parts of Tamil Nadu, who passed the Hindi `Visharath' examination held in February and August 2003 received their certificates on the occasion.

The president of the Dakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Saabha, Tamil Nadu, K. Santhanam, and its vice-president, S. Arunachalam, spoke.

Earlier, Mr. Lakhera unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the Sabha premises.

Selvan Kalaimani of Cuddalore, who scored 1185 marks out of 1200 in the recently held Plus-Two examination, taking Hindi as the second language, was felicitated and was given a special prize.

Four senior Hindi Pracharakas - G. Ganesan of Dindivanam, P. R. M. Thangavel of Erode, Meerabai of Settikulam and S. P. P. Fakeer Mohideen of Tenkasi were honoured.

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