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Celebrations galore at ‘classical’ status to Telugu

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HYDERABAD: Statements continued to pour in on Saturday too, hailing the decision of the Union government according a “classical language” status to Telugu.

Potti Sriramulu Telugu University organised “victory celebrations” with a meeting on its premises in the Public Garden here participated by different eminent scholars.

PSTU Vice-Chancellor A. Bhoomaiah said the recognition would help the language to keep up glorious past legacy and, at the same time, pave way for further efforts to develop it. Poet and former chairman, State Official Languages Commission C. Narayan Reddy said time had come to take up an action plan to take Telugu beyond the confines of Andhra Pradesh. Jetti A. Oliver, chairman, Telugu Vedantha Sahiti Samithi, contended that original writings in Telugu in the fields of science, technology and theology must be promoted to phase out avoidable translations and sought funds for this purpose by the government.

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