Srinagar, March 20 -- With changing times, among many things that change, is our understanding of the past. Spoken words do transmit from one generation to another what one experientially gathers, but since mortals we are, human life is limited to some years and usually during the sunset years, memories fade and so do other things, stored within our system.

Inherent quality of written word is that it can be transmitted to other individuals and generations and that it suffers little change, comparatively. With the birth of written-language legends, myths and tales , in simple prose or ornate verse-form got preserved and subsequently the treasure house of literature on varied subjects, came to be amassed.

Language, in simple words, is the...