05-03-2007, 11:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2007, 09:24 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->`Convent culture eclipsing Telugu'
By Our Staff Reporter
KURNOOL, FEB. 4. The Vice-Chancellor of Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Md. Iqbal Ahmed, has said convent culture is eclipsing mother tongue in the State.
Addressing the function organised to commemorate the 495th coronation day of Vijayanagara emperor, Sri Krishnadevaraya, here on Wednesday, sponsored by the Telugu Vikasa Udyamam, Dr. Ahmed said terms needed for administrative jargon could be collected in plenty from the writings of Mudigonda Sivaprasad and Lalladevi. Collection of such terms would enrich Telugu language, he felt.
He said all signboards on the Krishnadevaraya University campus were written in Telugu and efforts were being made to unveil the bronze statue of Srikrishnadevaraya in whose memory the university was set up. He suggested releasing of a postal stamp on Krishnadevaraya, who contributed greatly for expansion of Vijayanagara empire and popularising of Telugu language and literature.
The former MLA, T.G. Venkatesh, who presided over the function, said though Andhra Pradesh was the first linguistic State in the country, much could not be done to popularise Telugu. Besides learning other languages for flexibility of communication, more importance should be given to mother tongue, he said and referred to the patronage extended to Tamil language by the people in that State. He called for use of Telugu language in courts saying that since judiciary was dealing with the problems of common man, the medium should be mother tongue. He called upon writers to popularise the language to promote it.
Use of Sanskritised Telugu would not help in any way promotion of the language. He said the Government should also take certain measures for forcible implementation of mother tongue until it stuck roots. Telugu scholars Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma, A. Venkata Subbaiah, the historian, Maddiah, the chairman of District Libraries Society, K.G. Gangadhara Reddy, the president of Telugu Bhasha Udyamam, Chandrasekhara Kalkura, J.S.R.K. Sarma, Gandluri Dattatreya Sarma and others spoke on the contribution of Srikrishnadevaraya in promoting Telugu language and literature. Earlier, a rally was taken out from the Central Library to the Collectorate.
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I do agree with the last point that use of too much Sanskritised Telugu is a hindrance but only as long as Telugu has it's own words, for example paamu is understood by more people than sarpam for snake, so use colloquial but when new terms are needed use Sanskrit or old Telugu words as the base to create these new words.
I also found "Sivaji" (on Chhatrapathi Shivaji) by Lalladevi here:
http://www.teluguone.com/sahityam/index.jsp
It also has "Gona Ganna Reddy" mentioned above at the same link on the left side.
By Our Staff Reporter
KURNOOL, FEB. 4. The Vice-Chancellor of Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Md. Iqbal Ahmed, has said convent culture is eclipsing mother tongue in the State.
Addressing the function organised to commemorate the 495th coronation day of Vijayanagara emperor, Sri Krishnadevaraya, here on Wednesday, sponsored by the Telugu Vikasa Udyamam, Dr. Ahmed said terms needed for administrative jargon could be collected in plenty from the writings of Mudigonda Sivaprasad and Lalladevi. Collection of such terms would enrich Telugu language, he felt.
He said all signboards on the Krishnadevaraya University campus were written in Telugu and efforts were being made to unveil the bronze statue of Srikrishnadevaraya in whose memory the university was set up. He suggested releasing of a postal stamp on Krishnadevaraya, who contributed greatly for expansion of Vijayanagara empire and popularising of Telugu language and literature.
The former MLA, T.G. Venkatesh, who presided over the function, said though Andhra Pradesh was the first linguistic State in the country, much could not be done to popularise Telugu. Besides learning other languages for flexibility of communication, more importance should be given to mother tongue, he said and referred to the patronage extended to Tamil language by the people in that State. He called for use of Telugu language in courts saying that since judiciary was dealing with the problems of common man, the medium should be mother tongue. He called upon writers to popularise the language to promote it.
Use of Sanskritised Telugu would not help in any way promotion of the language. He said the Government should also take certain measures for forcible implementation of mother tongue until it stuck roots. Telugu scholars Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma, A. Venkata Subbaiah, the historian, Maddiah, the chairman of District Libraries Society, K.G. Gangadhara Reddy, the president of Telugu Bhasha Udyamam, Chandrasekhara Kalkura, J.S.R.K. Sarma, Gandluri Dattatreya Sarma and others spoke on the contribution of Srikrishnadevaraya in promoting Telugu language and literature. Earlier, a rally was taken out from the Central Library to the Collectorate.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/02/05/stori...20502460300.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I do agree with the last point that use of too much Sanskritised Telugu is a hindrance but only as long as Telugu has it's own words, for example paamu is understood by more people than sarpam for snake, so use colloquial but when new terms are needed use Sanskrit or old Telugu words as the base to create these new words.
I also found "Sivaji" (on Chhatrapathi Shivaji) by Lalladevi here:
http://www.teluguone.com/sahityam/index.jsp
It also has "Gona Ganna Reddy" mentioned above at the same link on the left side.