Silicon Andhra Manabadi is now turning its attention towards Sweden. As many of us may know, Silicon Andhra Manabadi is a no-profit organization working relentlessly to promote Telugu language and not letting it to die.
Speaking of Telugu dying here is an excerpt from wikipedia on state of the language today ...
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UNESCO has warned that Telugu language would become dead language in next 15 years if the present policy of discouragement is continued. The encouragement to English over Telugu has multiplied due to vested interests of private educational institutes and the pseudo cosmopolitan intellectuals swaying complete hold on the machinery of centre and state governments.[2] Due to the multi linguistic nature of India, English protagonists who have risen to prominence during the British rule are able to continue the British education policy even after 65 years of gaining independence in the year 1947.[3] A general impression is imbibed in the Indian society for last 30 years that learning English is panacea for the bright future of the people irrespective of good knowledge base in science, maths, arts, history, etc. subjects.[4]
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Some inspirational news items:
American girl shows interest in Telugu language - Tv9
American lady Danya Rood speaking Telugu 1
American lady Danya Rood speaking Telugu 2
Teaching Telugu at Hebrew University
A few useful links...
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