PIL in Madras High Court puts Telugu research on hold Special Correspondent State government ready with its response: A.B.K. Prasad A classical language would be eligible for 100-cr. fund to carry out research Amount put on hold due to the PIL questioning classical language status HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission Chairman A.B.K. Prasad is hopeful that the research to fill in gaps and missing links in antiquity of Telugu language, which was accorded classical language status will take off soon. Recognition as classical language ensures opportunities for scholars to undertake widespread research in the origin and history of that language with an effort to fill gaps and missing links in its antiquity. A classical language would be eligible for Rs. 100-crore fund to carry out such research among other activities. But these activities had to be put on hold due to a pending PIL in Madras High Court questioning the classical language status accorded to Telugu, Dr. Prasad told The Hindu. “The State government is ready with its response. Once the PIL is disposed of, the Commission can move ahead for implementing recommendations and take up research,” he added. The Union government accorded classical language status to Telugu and Kannada in August last year after the linguistic experts committee appointed by the Union Ministry of Culture made a recommendation to that effect. The committee examined the merits of the four-year-old demand of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka for classical status to Telugu and Kannada respectively and was satisfied that the languages fulfilled the criteria laid down to be classified as ‘classical’. Dr. Prasad said that the research would help the scholars trace the lost literature during the phases of clashes between different sects of Hindu religion and also the 500-year-old history of Telugu before the period of Nannayya hailed as ‘Adi Kavi’ . Like Tamil which was accorded classical language status in 2004, Telugu also has valuable and original folklore and spoken verses. Research would reveal how they had evolved, he said. Annamayya used the same popular folk language to compose his ‘Sankeertans’ subsequently. Research Linguists Tyagaraja Modali of 18th Century, Subramanya Malayandi and Kasi Pandyan had done considerable research to establish antiquity of Telugu. Kasi Pandyan in fact had gone on record to state that learning Andhra language would help in learning all other languages. Prof. Subramanya, an expert on Indus Valley civilisation, said Telugu culture in Tungabhadra valley and Tamil culture in Vaigay river thrived simultaneously and had their impact even on Indus Valley civilisation thus stating that Telugu was as antique as Tamil language, Dr. Prasad said.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:38:42 +0000
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