Summary:
Local languages, especially minority and indigenous transmit cultures, values and traditional knowledge, thus playing an important role in promoting sustainable futures. However, mother tongues of this country are various expressions of a single soul and each one of us should be proud of this fact.”Shri. Bibhuti Pattanaik, Chief Guest on the occasion addressing the audience, “It is my proud privilege to say that we are a nation blessed with many mother tongues. Today is a day when we bow to the love for our mother tongues. Odia language is an assimilation of many other languages ranging from Sanskrit, Telugu, and Bengali etc..