SRINAGAR, Feb. 21 -- Tousif Raza

The Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages marked International Mother Language Day with a grand literary event at Tagore Hall, bringing together renowned writers, poets, and linguists to highlight the significance of preserving native languages.

The event was presided over by celebrated writer, poet, translator, and broadcaster Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq, with Additional Secretary of the Kashmir Cultural Academy, Adeel Saleem, Sahitya Akademi Award-winning poetess Nighat Sahiba, and Editor of the Kashmiri Cultural Academy, Javed Iqbal Khan, sharing the presidium.

In his inaugural remarks, Adeel Saleem welcomed the distinguished guests and underscored the urgent need to safeguard and promote ...