Reclaiming Punjabi and Kartarpur of Baba Guru Nanak - Press Release issued by Minhaj University Lahore.

Lahore -- November 13, 2019 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Minhaj University Lahore

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Minhaj University Department of the English Language organized a seminar on November 11th (2019) topic bearing ''Reclaiming Punjabi and Kartarpur of Baba Guru Nanak". The guest speaker was renowned Ms. Gurmeet Kaur, a Canadian based Author, Storyteller, Punjabi Language and Heritage Activist and a Campaign Organizer for preserving the Heritage of Kartarpur Sahib.

She stated,'' it is a matter of grievous agony that we are forgetting our mother languages and feels proud to learn and speak only English. In the world today anybody who speaks Punjabi, he is considered illiterate. We must not enforce our kids to speak only an alien language; but, we must give him the option to learn both languages and this would stimulate his analytical power to learn."

She added, "With this motivation I have dedicated myself to the cause of preserving the Punjabi Language for Children. It is erroneous to assume that Punjabi is extinct or obsolete language. It is the 10th widely spoken language in the world. But it is at the threshold of disappearance because lack of Children's literature. My mission and project aims to rejuvenate the thousand year's old, oral traditional stories that are being forgotten."

She emblazoned her Folk Tales Storybook and told that it is the first book in Punjabi which is bearing Scripts in Gurumukhi and Shahmuki and felt proud that almost her nine bilingual books in Gurumukhi and English and one in Shah Mukhi are bearing circulation of 15000 in the hands of children around the world. Talking about KartarPur,'' this corridor would lead to the road of the prosperity of the region and bright future for our coming generations. This act of Pakistan has not only being limited to the border opening to our Holy Shrine but has kindered the hearts of Sikhs 'affection of brotherhood...

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