'Language should not be imposed on people'
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, September 14 2017:
Education Minister Thokchom Radheshyam Singh has said that learning of Hindi as a language should be a passion for the language rather than driven by notion of getting employed.
He was speaking as chief guest at the Hindi Diwas Celebration at Manipur University organised by the Official Language Cell, MU today.
The Minister said that learning a language depends on the need and requirement and language is a medium of life in which one expresses and defines oneself .
He asserted that language should not be imposed on the people but should be made a platform to generate curiosity for the language and its beauty.
People when get fascinated by the language will obviously search to be learnt, he added .
Hindi as National language should be learnt.
This will not only help the non�Hindi speakers of the State in communicating with Hindi speaking people from the Nation, but it will also unite the people of the Nation, he said .
He pointed out knowing Hindi becomes necessary when one goes beyond the border of the State as it becomes the medium to communicate and explore the different facets of India's diverse culture .
Dr Kanchan Sharma, HOD, MU said that the Hindi spoken by non�Hindi speakers cannot be negated as an inaccurate language.
Highlighting the importance of both Hindi and English language, Dean School of Humanities Prof M Mani Meitei said that language in itself is the expression of the culture .
He said that Hindi is studied academically and professionally as a medium for communication but knowing Hindi will help in understanding the ethos of Indian culture .
If Hindi is not known, the State would have been isolated and deprived of many opportunities, he mentioned .
Principal, Hindi Teachers Training College, Dr H Ibeyaima Devi highlighted the prevailing issues in learning and teaching of Hindi.
Vice Chancellor of MU Adya Prasad Pandey, Professors, research scholars, and students also attended the function.