World Book Fair promotes preservation of linguistic heritage
6 Feb 2013 6:01 AM IST
Honouring the Indo-French history, a photographic exhibition is being organised by France, the guest country this year, at Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan.
Photographs of buildings like Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, Moorish Mosque in Kapurthala, Tipu’s Summer Palace in Bangalore are a part of this exhibition.
The visitors at the fair can also glance through the lifestyle and tradition of various tribes of India at yet another exhibition titled Jungle Flowers by professional photographer Mergu Chandra Shekhar from Andhra Pradesh at Hall No 18.
The French Book Office in India and the Bureau International de l’Edition Française (BIEF) organised an Indo-French Professional Round Table Meeting at Conference Hall, First Floor, Hall No 7 where the experts from Indian and French publishing industry shared their knowledge and experiences in book publishing including non-fiction, fiction and children’s literature.
The round table meeting helped both the countries to explore the possibilities in each other’s markets in order to work more closely in the future and increase the professional exchanges between France and India. Jean-Guy Boin, Director, BIEF; Alain Gründ, President, BIEF; Max Claudet, Cooperation And Cultural Counsellor, French Embassy and M A Sikandar were the speakers on the occasion.
At the Theme Pavilion in Hall No 7E, a panel discussion on Indigenous People’s Philosophy on Global Environment, Peace, Prospect and Propagation of Tribal Languages in India and Abroad was organised by All India Tribal Booksellers’ & Publishers’ Forum from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
A Sethumadhavan, Chairman, NBT, was the chief guest on the occasion. He said, ‘Languages are heritage of a country as they help us pass on our culture and tradition to the next generation. All languages are important and it is our duty to preserve them.’ P C Roy, a scholar said many tribal languages spoken in Andaman & Nicobar Islands have become extinct and expressed his concern over the fact that several other tribal languages are also on the verge of extinction.
Photographs of buildings like Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, Moorish Mosque in Kapurthala, Tipu’s Summer Palace in Bangalore are a part of this exhibition.
The visitors at the fair can also glance through the lifestyle and tradition of various tribes of India at yet another exhibition titled Jungle Flowers by professional photographer Mergu Chandra Shekhar from Andhra Pradesh at Hall No 18.
The French Book Office in India and the Bureau International de l’Edition Française (BIEF) organised an Indo-French Professional Round Table Meeting at Conference Hall, First Floor, Hall No 7 where the experts from Indian and French publishing industry shared their knowledge and experiences in book publishing including non-fiction, fiction and children’s literature.
The round table meeting helped both the countries to explore the possibilities in each other’s markets in order to work more closely in the future and increase the professional exchanges between France and India. Jean-Guy Boin, Director, BIEF; Alain Gründ, President, BIEF; Max Claudet, Cooperation And Cultural Counsellor, French Embassy and M A Sikandar were the speakers on the occasion.
At the Theme Pavilion in Hall No 7E, a panel discussion on Indigenous People’s Philosophy on Global Environment, Peace, Prospect and Propagation of Tribal Languages in India and Abroad was organised by All India Tribal Booksellers’ & Publishers’ Forum from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
A Sethumadhavan, Chairman, NBT, was the chief guest on the occasion. He said, ‘Languages are heritage of a country as they help us pass on our culture and tradition to the next generation. All languages are important and it is our duty to preserve them.’ P C Roy, a scholar said many tribal languages spoken in Andaman & Nicobar Islands have become extinct and expressed his concern over the fact that several other tribal languages are also on the verge of extinction.
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