Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, while stressing on the importance of regional languages, said that English speakers and English news consumers are a microscopic minority in India.
Gadkari was addressing guests at ‘Bol - Love Your Bhasha' - an initiative of Quint Hindi and Google India to help Indian languages gain the same prominence and popularity on the internet as English.
The day-long event brings together the brightest minds in business, media and publishing to talk about the explosion of Indian languages online.
- The event is being graced by Vice President of Google India Rajan Anandan and many others.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari while addressing the guests stressed on the importance of regional languages
- Arvind Pani, Co-founder and CEO of Reverie Language Technologies said there’s need to stop judging people over the way they speak English
- From panel discussions to fireside chats, the event has insightful conversations about forces shaping India’s internet and economy
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Music Can Transcend Past the Barriers of Language
Sonam Kalra, founder of the Sufi Gospel Project, performed a song by the famous Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, called "Bol", to depict how music can transcend past the barriers of language and that despite the many "ethnicities" of a song, music represents a universal language of faith. She also performed another song based on a poem which took its influence from Rajasthani, Punjabi and Farsi languages, to show how music and poetry is a confluence of all languages.
Making Indian Languages Profitable for Businesses
Anant Goenka, Executive Director of The Indian Express Group; Virendra Gupta, Founder and CEO of Dailyhunt; Ritu Kapur, Co-Founder and CEO of Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd; Jaivir Nagi, Online Pertnerships Director of Google and Aditi Mishra, Chief Strategy Officer of IPG Media Brand, discussed ways to make Indian languages profitable for business.
English Speakers Microscopic Minority in India: Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari , while stressing on the importance of regional languages, said that English speakers and English news consumers are a microscopic minority in India.
Further talking about PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’ policy, he said that if India can make satellites, why can’t it manufacture mobile phones?
He also stressed on privatisation, saying private sectors increase competition and improve services.