00:00Speaker 2 – In India, more than 8 crore people speak Telugu after Hindi, Bengali and Marathi.
00:21Speaker 2 – If we look at the most ancient languages in the world,
00:31there is no Sumerian, Egyptian or Akkadian.
00:38So they are dead languages.
00:41This happens due to many reasons.
00:45Speaker 2 – As we all know, in the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th century,
00:52poets like Nannaya, Tikkanna, Eranna,
00:57and later on Srinath Kavi,
01:00with their courageous writings,
01:03our Telugu language gained a lot of popularity.
01:08After that, Sri Krishnadevaraya,
01:11with his 8 Digha Chalas,
01:13gained a lot of popularity.
01:16He said,
01:18Telugu is the best language in the world.
01:21Similarly, Rabindranath Tagore,
01:24was surprised to see that Telugu is either a language or music.
01:29Such a great language is ours.
01:32Sri Ramaji Rao was very fond of the Indian country,
01:37the Telugu people and the Telugu language.
01:43He always used to say,
01:46I am grateful to the Telugu people.
01:53He liked Telugu so much,
01:57that every morning when we met,
02:00he used to say,
02:02Subodayam.
02:05So, we also say Subodayam at home,
02:08not good morning.
02:11Because he loved the Telugu people so much,
02:16and you all love him so much,
02:20I would like to make a request,
02:23by using this gathering,
02:24we all,
02:26in his memory,
02:28in every house,
02:31shall we say Subodayam from now on?
02:34Subodayam.
02:36Subodayam to everyone.
02:38If we want the Telugu language to live,
02:41we should try to do it at home.
02:44With his heart,
02:46when we were kids,
02:483, 4, 5 years old,
02:50we made a bet,
02:51that whoever speaks in English,
02:55they should give 10 rupees to the person in front of them.
03:01When we were kids,
03:03they used to be very careful,
03:05when they spoke to their grandfathers.
03:07They never spoke in English.
03:09He forgot about that,
03:11so he used to speak in English.
03:13Whenever he spoke in English,
03:15he used to say,
03:17Grandfather, give me 10 rupees.
03:18I kept the money in a separate cover,
03:22the money I got from grandfather.
03:24So, in every house,
03:26we should try to preserve the language.
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