Due to COVID-19 restriction, in house program was not possible to organise. We had divided the program in two different phases. The one was whole day program of script display and the other was online cultural program.
The script display is the oldest format of our celebration, happening since 2018. This year we celebrated the script display in the open air of Sarvam Complex. More than 40 art works from different languages including Assamese, Bengali, Cuneiform, Bramhi, English, Farsi, French, hieroglyphics, Kannada, Greek, Khorosti, Kumaoni, Malayalam, Marathi, Pali, Tamil, and Urdu were displayed.
There are some glimpse of the script display event at Sarvam Complex, IISc. The even ran successfully for around 12 hours from 10 am to 10 pm. Enthusiastic students visited the posters, interacted with organizers.
There were multiple online programs including dance, drama, music and talks.
Alakta and Mayurika performed a dance show on the song "ওরা আমার মুখের ভাষা কাইড়া নিতে চায় " (They want to take away my speaking language).
A poetry "বৃষ্টিভেজা বাংলা ভাষা" written by Joy Goswami was recited by Alakta.
There were several talks on linguistic history. IISc Tamil Perivai (தமிழ் பேரவை) has made a beautiful documentary on the Origin and evolution of the Tamil language
A very interesting talk was given by Raushan on his mother language Bhojpuri.
Soumik discussed on the Effect of languages on human thoughts
Sambirto digged out the history of different Indian languages.
Several students from the institute took part in singing the anthem of International Mother Language Day in 12 different languages.
The organising committee is grateful to all the participants who came together on the occasion of the mother language day and added their own cultural flavour into the celebration.