ebruary 21 is the International Mother Language Day celebrated every year all over the world with the express purpose of preserving, protecting and promoting the incredible linguistic diversity we humans have. Linguistic dinversity, in a sane world, would be a robust expression of multi-dimensional human potential and thus an immensely fecund source of irreplaceable intellectual, literary and cultural richness. But sadly we have a world driven in a large measure by an imperceptible streak of insanity that has its roots in a sick fear of diversity, be it linguistic, racial or religious. The fear itself has its origins in the subterranean world of insecurity that accompanied our early forebears at the cusp of evolutionary process. Fear of diversity is in fact fear of the unknown. The unknown, being something other than familiar, creates visceral uneasiness in the recess of our sub-conscious, raising our instinct driven antennas in anticipation of an amorphous threat to our survival. But when the unknown through a tense and tedious process of exploration becomes known and is appropriated, adds to our strength by providing us yet another tool in our struggle for survival. So our fear of diversity implies lack of knowledge and hence a spectre born of ignorance.
Urdu Language Day
Punjabi Language Day
Sindhi Language Day
Balochi Language Day
Pashto Language Day
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