Chandra, who also released the Hindi version of his autobiography ‘The Z Factor’ on the occasion, said Hindi was irreplaceable as the “language of the common man” and that it was gradually becoming visible on an international platform.
Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and eminent Hindi poet Ashok Chakradhar were also present on the occasion.
While Satyarthi was appreciative of people’s growing interest in learning multiple languages, he said it was unfair to compare English and Hindi and that the ability to converse in one’s mother tongue must be viewed as a matter of pride and not looked down upon.
“The mother tongue of a person is the most respected and no other language can take it away. Hindi and English are separate languages which are not competing with each other,” he said.
(Sourced from agencies, Feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
