Our language and conference

 

On one hand, we are developing ourselves in the modern era by receiving modern education, getting good govt. and public sector's services, and accessing reasonably better amenities in our life. On the other way, at the same time, we are also losing our social heritage and legacy like our songs, dances, lands, languages, etc. It is really a painful affair that we are not able to support our underprivileged brethren continuously at village levels as we are so busy with our personal life and goals.

However, there are few people, who are investing their priceless time, energy, and hard-earned money to preserve our social and ancestral heritage. They have been striving to organize a social gathering at certain regularities and bringing awareness in our sleepy society for our collective responsibility. I really appreciate Shri Ashok Kumar Baxla, Dr. Cecil Xaxa, and all their associates of New Delhi in this Herculean missionary voyage.

Last year I went to Siliguri in the month of October to participate in the All India Kurukh Conference at Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri. I was very glad to see and witness the enthusiasm and passion among our new generation youth about the Kurukh language. Many Kurukh scholars were present at the conference and presented their brainpower for the preservation and development of Kurukh.

This year i,e, 2009, the same conference is scheduled on 10^th and 11^th October in Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh state. Many people from different parts of India are planning to participate in the conference. It is really a heartening happening that our energetic youth are very much prepared to wage a full-fledged war against the downtrend syndrome in our society about our own mother tongue. Anyway, we have to be prepared for preserving our fast-dwindling language which is perhaps the most ancient language of India.

Keeping good hopes for the future, without a doubt, is only one aspect. However, the real challenge lies in the use of language in our day-to-day life and handing over the same heritage to our younger ones in town and city where we interact in languages other than our own mother tongue. -Neh Arjun Indwar, September, 30, 2009