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celebration of international

Mother Language day

CHICAGO, IL Consul General Amit Kumar along with Mayor William McLeod and Mayor Rodney Craig

s part of the Azadi Ka Am-
rit Mahotsav, Indian Punjabi
aorganizations across the US
Midwest in association with the Con-
sulate General of India organized a
vibrant cultural event to commemo-
rate the International Mother Lan-
guage Day on 27 February 2022 in
Chicago. Consul General Amit Ku-
mar delivered the inaugural remarks
at the event. Mayor William McLeod
and Mayor Rodney Craig from Hoff-
man Estates and Hanover Park towns
respectively also joined the event.
Consul General, in his remarks,
commended the organizers for the
wonderful program and appreciated
in particular the initiative taken by
them to engage the younger gener-
ation in this effort, and connecting
them to their cultural roots. He men-
tioned that the National Education
Policy issued in August 2020 provides
emphasis on learning in the mother
tongue along with other languages.
Department of Science & Technolo- to the Bhasha Sangam App, brought Consul General with members of the organising associations
gy is working to leverage technology out by Ministry of Education to en-
using natural language processing al- able people of India to learn basic rendition of Gurbani Kirtan with academicians, authors, and represen-
gorithms to translate high quality ed- sentences of daily use conversation classical Indian string instruments - tative of Punjabi linguistic/cultural
ucation content in different official in 22 official languages. Taus and Dilruba by youth from Chi- organizations gave presentations on
languages. He also drew attention The programme started with cago suburbs. Several noted Punjabi Continued at next page... >>

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