Mother Tongue Day 2021: Some questions regarding an inclusive approach, Are we ready to take the challenge?

 

Mother Tongue Day 2021

Some questions regarding an inclusive approach, Are we ready to take the challenge? 

Debate on Language question needs little attention especially in this growing digitization, connectivity & storm of information. Many languages are guarded & fear of massive increase in dead languages is talk of the global town. Practically in our lands English is language of power & knowledge yet so-called National Languages like Urdu in Pakistan or Hindi in India are more like Darshani Pehalwans (King without power) while mother tongues are in struggle mode. To check the issue, here we shared two programs, one is an online discussion & other is a radio program. my weekly Punjabi radio program #LokLhar. Both programs were recorded at Feb 20th 2021. 

In special radio program Dr Imdad Hussain was guest who is associated with Public Policy School FCC university Lhore. On phone call, Dr Taj Baloch of Turbat, health officer in Baluchistan & ex BSO leader shared his views along with Miss Salma Butt, MPA Punjab assembly from main opposition party PMLn and Ahmad Raza Watto, leader cum activist of Punjabi parchaar. In Online program Tohid Chatha was anchor and Bikram Singh Sekhon participated as guest with me. 

Ma Boli Series (Ma Bolli Punjabi Di Lodh, Ep-4)
Our respected guests 

Bikram Singh Sekhon

 (Director, Australian Punjabi Channel), Aamir Riaz TuTu (Independent Researcher), will join us tonight at 08:00pm Pak-Time to talk about the importance of mother language and their activities in their respective cities on Mother Language Day 2021. We demand our right to have the right to education in our mother language Punjabi.
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An online session on #MotherTongue 

Challenges of #mothertongue in age of #digitization & #tamil martyrs of 21 Feb 1938.

https://www.facebook.com/tohid.ahmed/videos/10219519124751941/?notif_id=1613835302793558&notif_t=comment_mention&ref=notif

Recording of complete radio program

https://voca.ro/14QbkoMqc8On