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File photo</span></div><span class="gmail-storyText"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Chandigarh, November 19 </strong><span></span></p><p>
Hindi is a medium of expression of all elements of Indian culture and
society and a language of the common people, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju
said Monday.<span></span></p><p>
Addressing a regional conference under the aegis of the department of
official language, Rijiju said Hindi is spoken by crores of people
across the country.<span></span></p>
“They think and express their ideas in Hindi; Hindi is medium of
expression of all elements of Indian culture and society. We should
remember that Hindi is language of common people of the country,” he
said.<span></span><p>
The union minister of state for home said Hindi was not only the
language of freedom struggle but is also the language of social
interactions, according to a Home Ministry statement.<span></span></p>
On the occasion, Rijiju awarded members of various Central Government
offices, banks, PSUs and town official language implementation
committees for implementation and promotion of the official language
policy. — PTI </span>
<br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="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></div>