''Telugu Bhasha Dinotsavam'' observed

'Telugu Bhasha Dinotsavam', a day to celebrate Telugu as the mother tongue, was observed across Andhra Pradesh on August 29.

Cultural organisations organised a 'walk' on the Tank Bund Road at the picturesque Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city to raise awareness on the need to promote the language. Meetings were organised at several places in the state to discuss the status of the language and ways to promote it. "Telugu is among the languages which are facing threat of extinction as per UN reports. It is the responsibility of Telugu people to protect and safeguard the language," R Kavita Prasad, a famous Telugu writer said.

"Loss of culture is loss of identity. Telugu was hailed as a beautiful and sweet language even by non-Telugu personalities like Tamil poet Subramania Bharati and also C P Brown, a renowned British official during the British rule in the country. So, we should do our best to promote the use of our mother tongue," he said. The day is observed on the birth anniversary of Gidugu Ramamurthy Pantulu, a great Telugu writer, who organised a spirited campaign in early 20th century for popularising functional Telugu used by common people instead of the language spoken in those by the pundits and purists.

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