On the occasion of Hindi Diwas, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Hindi unites the diversity of languages in India and has honoured different Indian as well as global languages and dialects. He also said that Hindi has never competed nor will compete with any other Indian language and that a strong country will emerge only by strengthening all its languages.
Shah expressed confidence that Hindi will become a medium to empower all the local languages. He said that Hindi has been a democratic language and has adopted vocabularies, sentences and grammar rules from other languages.
Shah said that Hindi has played an important role in uniting the country during the freedom struggle and instilled a feeling of unity in a country that has several languages and dialects. He also said that Hindi has played an important role in carrying forward the freedom struggle from east to west and from north to south.
Shah said that all Indian languages and dialects are the country’s cultural heritage, which have to be carried forward. He also said that Indian languages have received due recognition and respect at national and global forums under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shah said that the Department of Official Language of the Ministry of Home Affairs is making continuous efforts, by leveraging modern technology, to enrich the Indian languages to establish those as languages of public administration, education and scientific use. He also said that under the prime minister’s guidance, public welfare schemes are being implemented effectively by establishing communication between the government and the public in Indian languages.
Shah pointed out that the principle of language change says “language moves from complexity to simplicity”. He said that in his opinion, simple and clear words of Hindi should be used in office work.
Shah said that India has also taken initiatives to promote the use of Hindi in the United Nations (UN).
