Gojri Literary, Cultural meet takes off
Mian Altaf, Bhalla release 9 Gojri language
books
Jammu, February
26 Reaffirming the Government’s resolve to promote Gojri language, the Minister
for Forests and Environment, Mian Altaf has said that initiatives taken at Government
level will provide budding writers, poets and artists of Gojri language an
opportunity to contribute towards the development of this ancient language.
The Minister was
speaking at the inaugural function of 2-day Gojri Literary and Cultural Meet, held
here at K L Sehgal hall. Minister for
Housing and Culture, Raman Bhalla, Secretary J&K Academy of Art Culture and
Languages, Khalid Bashir, besides a galaxy of Gojri writers and poets were
present on the occasion.
Appreciating
the efforts of the Academy, Mian Altaf said that such gatherings provide a
platform to the writers and poets to discuss and recommend the measure needed
to be taken for promotion of this ancient language. “Schedule Tribe status granted to Gujjar and Bakerwall communities has
increased their reservation share in Govt jobs reservation rights. He asked
them to thoroughly discuss the measures required to be taken at Government
level for promotion of Gojri language and come up with the recommendations so
that requisite steps are taken in this regard. “Efforts are on to get Gojri
language included in 8th schedule of Indian constitution” said the Minister,
assuring that he will take up the demand at proper forums for early
fulfillment. He said Gujjar and Bakerwal people form an important section of
state population and asked participants to come forward and play their role in
the best interest of both the communities. He also assured that the matter
regarding opening of Gojri department in University of Jammu
Mian
Altaf asked writers and poets to make consolidated efforts in sensitizing the
Gujjar and Bakerwal communities about the welfare schemes and other programmes
started by the Government at various levels. Raman Bhalla, while speaking on
the occasion, said that the Government was committed to provide equal
opportunities for promotion of every language being spoken in the State. He
said the Government will do whatever felt necessary for promotion of Gojri
language and asked the participants to play their role by way of giving
suggestions to the Government to achieve the crucial goal. Bhalla said that the
measures taken by the Cultural
Academy
Raman
Bhalla said Gujjars are identity of the State and the government would take
every measure towards conservation of their culture and heritage , including
Gojri which is one of the significant languages of India and is mother tongue of
Rajasthanis, Marwaris and Gujaraties . He appreciated Academy for holding two-day
Cultural Meet, while lauding the work done by Gojri section of the academy.
Earlier,
welcoming the guests, Secretary Academy Khalid Bashir stated that the main
objective of holding the Meet was to provide an opportunity to Gojri writers,
poets artists and intellectuals to sit together and discuss various trends
emerging in new global literature. He impressed upon the writers of Gojri
language to publish their works and participate in Academy’s competitions for
Awards Dr. Javaid Rahi, Chief Editor, while presenting report on work of Gojri
section stated that during last two years the section has published as many as
70 books, including some special numbers of Sheeraza Gojri and Maharo Adab. He
said the Gojri section of the Academy was working on a high profile Translation
project under which 30 books originally written in Persian, Sanskrit, English
Urdu, Kashmiri and other languages have been translated in Gojri language. “We
have preserved the Folk-treasure of Gojri by publishing 22 volumes of Gojri Folk-Songs
and 30 volumes of Folk-Tales” , he added.
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