ALIGARH, Nov. 8 -- day national seminar on "Indian Linguistics: Tradition and Modern Context" organized by the Central Hindi Institute, Agra.
In his address, Prof. Warsi highlighted India's deep-rooted linguistic tradition, noting that scholars like Yaska, Panini, Patanjali, and Katyayana laid a scientific foundation for the study of language long before modern linguistics took shape in the West. He emphasized that Western linguistic thought drew significantly from these Indian traditions.
Speaking on language teaching and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Prof. Warsi stressed the need for learner-centric approaches that make language acquisition a natural process rather than a rigid classroom exercise. He added that NEP-2020 prov...