Academic Papers

Man is a social animal, and the important characteristic of society is being together and communicating with each other for all day-to-day requirements. This communication takes place in one’s own language within a particular geographical location, but for this, the individual needs to know other’s language too. Thus, the individual needs to formulate his ideas in mind, create sentences in his own language and translate them into the host language for interaction. Present-day society mainly depends on spoken and written words rather than gestures and movements alone, and there also appears a need for transliteration of written material from one form to another. Thus, communication is completed only when the ideas of one group are shared with others using different media in a common format. It is an interesting view to look at our country and beyond from the perspective of language usage and the need for communication. India is a diverse country with 22 official languages, and many spo

 Kothari Commission (1964-66) is of the opinion that the destiny of India is being shaped by the four walls of the classroom. The inference of the report indicates four walls of the classroom where the child is being taught is a class in their mother tongue. Sixteen percent of Indians are Muslims and Urdu is the major language spoken by this community which forms just above 5% of the total Indian population (census 2001). This population is spread across the nation and not concentrated in any specific geographical location. Hence, this language does not enjoy the real official status of any of the states except the states of Jammu and Kashmir where it is the first official language. The other state and national governments are not spending much on the education of speakers of this language. However, slight improvement has occurred in the plight of Urdu speakers as few states are in the direction of adopting it as the state’s official language. The states of Delhi and Telangana have mad