Man on a mission to promote Punjabi in New Delhi
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 25,2023
A 36-year Simranjit Singh, resident of Delhi is promoting Punjabi language and requesting the Punjabis to learn, preserve our mother tounge ‘Punjabi’.
Simranjit Singh got this motivation from his maternal uncle (Mama ji) late Gurdeep Singh ‘Raja’.
Gurdeep Singh was a music teacher (Tabla player) at Guru Harkrishan Public School, Shahadra , New Delhi. He used to promote Punjabi language after school hours.
Simranjit Singh said” in present time the youth were leaving the Punjabi language. If our children forget Gurmukhi, they will forget their history and will be unable to read and understand Guru Granth Sahib’s power. It is our duty to promote and publicise the Punjabi language.”
Delhi has a sizable number of Punjabi-speaking people and Punjabi is the second official language in the national capital. But the tragedy is that our young generation is not learning Punjabi language. Some of them can speak the language but they can’t read properly” said Simranjit Singh.
He is also spreading the awareness about the courses offered by Delhi University so that the residents can learn the language and take admission in short term courses.
Elaborating further, Simranjit Singh said” Delhi University have a full fledged Department of Punjabi, which offers Certificate and Diploma Course in Punjabi Language. For these courses the minimum qualification is 12th from any recognized board with minimum 40 percent. For diploma 12th upto Punjabi is required and the good thing is that there is no age limit for these one year courses. The forms can be download from http://punjabi.du.ac.in & www.du.ac.in Attach the relevant self-attested required documents(i.e. 10th and 12th Certificates, Aadhar card and category/ caste certificate, if any.”
Adding further, Simranjit who is man on a mission to promote Punjabi in New Delhi said” even I did my Diploma in Punjabi Language from Deli University after my uncle motivated me.”
As per available information the last date to apply for these courses is 31 July 2023 .Considering bad weather, Rainy reason, flood , water logging , last date can be adjusted .For regular updates, please check University site: https://punjabi.du.ac.in/
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