Hyderabad, Nov.21 (NSS): Former vice-president of India Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu has called upon all Indians to go back to their roots. “We have forgotten our language, our attire and our culture and there is a need for everyone to come back to our tradition. Indian Sanatan Dharma is so great that we have a culture of keeping our animals alive along with ourselves,” he said.
Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the four-day Lokmanthan Bhagyanagar 2024 exhibition at Shilparamam in Bhagyanagaram on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, he said Western people had also looted the minds of Indians and added that it was because of this reason that the people had changed now. “We have forgotten our culture, our language, our literature, our music, our words, our instruments, and have gone to English. We have to go back to our Indian roots and promote Indian languages, move forward to our mother tongue and then to any other language. We are not against any language,” he said. He called for preserving the original language of mother tongue. Mother tongue language is like eyes, English is like glasses, if there are no eyes, no matter how good the glasses are, it is waste. Lokmanthan’s intention is to leave the colonial mind behind and go back to our roots. Hindus have a sacred culture of pouring sugar on an ant, milking a snake and putting a drop on a tree. But… now we have fallen into the trap of the West and the British and foreigners invaded and looted India. They have not only looted money, but also changed the minds of Indians. That is why now Indians have forgotten our roots and turned to the West. That’s why all Indians are advised to go back to their roots,” he said. He appealed to the people of Hyderabad and the surrounding districts to come and know their roots for the Lokmanthan programme being held in the city.
“President Draupadi Murmu, former President Ram Nath Kovind and former CJI Justice NV Ramana were also educated in their mother tongue and I myself studied in a street school. Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not see the face of the convent during his studies, but he became a great person,” he said.
