<div dir="ltr"><h1>To promote Gujarati, CM Vijay Rupani calls for a language policy</h1>
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Friday 5 January 2018 6:30 IST
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<p>The 5th Gujarat Literature Festival (GLF) was inaugurated on
Thursday by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at the Gujarat
University Senate Hall, to celebrate three days of seamless literary
tête-à-tête. Also, Mrs Amruta Fadnavis, popular Gujarati author Kajal
Oza Vaidya, Samkit Shah, Festival Producer, GLF, Shyam Parekh, Festival
Director, GLF, Padmashree Vishnu Pandya, Head Gujarat Sahitya Academy,
Himanshu Pandya, Vice Chancellor Gujarat University were among the
several guests of honour.</p>
<p>CM Rupani congratulated team GLF for its consistent efforts to
promote Gujarati language and literature among the young and old alike
over the last five years. He said his government was considering making
Gujarati a compulsory language.</p>
<p>“I believe that with the help of GLF, Gujarati language will restore
its former glory in the coming years. We will all walk hand-in-hand
towards this goal. Yes, students are failing in Gujarati. They are going
away from the languages.</p>
<p>Gujarati medium schools are shutting down. It’s important to frame
policies to promote language. In the coming days, we will work towards
promoting Gujarati language. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had initiated
“vaanche Gujarat” to promote literature. We wish to continue the same.
Books have become integral in today’s life. We want to get associated
with people who are working towards promoting literature,” Rupani said. </p>
<p>The evening also saw the first GLF Awards, incorporated as an annual
drill to recognize accomplishments of writers across genres and print
and a number of workshops to hone the art of storytelling. Mrs Fadnavis
referred to the film — Dead Poets Society — where actor Robin Williams
taught his students using poetry as a medium.</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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