Srinagar, Oct 06 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in collaboration with Directorate of Information Saturday organised a Literary cum Cultural function at the Auditorium of Information Department to release the Music Album (Doad Te Dugg) of Dr. Syed Amin Tabish.
Khurshid Ahmad Ganie, Adviser to Governor was the chief guest and Prof Rahman Rahi, presided over the function.
Top dignitaries including Vice Chancellor of IUST Professor Sidiqi, Justice Hasnain Masoodi, Principal SKIMS Medical College, and a galaxy of intellectuals, writers, poets and academic participated.
The functioned started with live performance of reputed artists (Kifayat Faheem and Shahi Mumtaz) who sung Tabish’s Kashmiri gazals.
Inayat Gul, a noted writer presented his paper on the life and achievements of Dr. Tabish.
The welcome address was given by Secretary Cultural Academy, Dr Aziz Hajini. Hajini appreciated the contribution of Dr. Tabish for the promotion of Kashmiri language.
Dr. Syed Amin Tabish in his speech said that there are 122 languages which are spoken by 10,000 or more people in India, which has a population of 134 crore. “When a language ceases to be learned by young children, its days are clearly numbered, and we can predict with near certainty that it will not survive the death of the current native speakers,” he said.
He said that when a language dies, a world dies with it, in the sense that a community’s connection with its past, its traditions and its base of specific knowledge are all typically lost as the vehicle linking people to that knowledge is abandoned.
He further said, every language spoken in the world represents a special culture, melody, color, and asset and to everyone the mother language is certainly one of the most precious treasures in our lives.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel“It’s a duty and responsibility to preserve it and pass it down from generation to generation,” he said.
He said that mother language for emotional and mental growth. “Our mother tongue is the language we use to think, dream and feel emotion. Mother tongue is an indicator of cultural identity. A child connects to his parents, family, relatives, culture, history, identity and religion through his mother tongue. A child will identify himself with the language and culture he knows best,” he said.
Parents must establish a strong home language policy and make consistent efforts to help their children develop good literacy skills in their first language,” he said, adding that the first step parents should take is make children love mother tongue by finding ways that motivate and encourage its learning.
Chief Guest Khurshid Ahmed Ganie in his speech highlighted the achievements of Dr. Tabish and said that we need to focus on promoting language and he will always be happy to pride all possible help. He further said that we must speak Kashmiri with children at home.
Professor Rahman Rahi, who was the Chief Guest on the occasion, appreciated the contribution of Dr. Tabish towards Kashmiri literature. He said that Tabish is a writer and poet of high calibre. “We hope he will continue to contribute to the growth and development of literature in Kashmiri,” he said.
While releasing the Music Album, the clips of some songs were played on the occasion.
The audience was mesmerized by the performance of renowned artist who sung Kalam-i-Tabish on the occasion.
Rashid Nizami conducted the proceedings and vote of thanks was presented by Chief Editor of Urdu in Cultural Academy, M Ashraf Tak. (KNS)