On International Mother Language Day: a student understands fastest in the language they dream in, and technology should widen that door, not narrow it.
"Talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. Talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart." — Nelson Mandela.
On International Mother Language Day, here is a truth every Indian classroom knows: a student understands fastest in the language they dream in. NEP 2020 recognises this, encouraging learning in the mother tongue and regional languages.
India's strength was never one language — it is hundreds, each carrying a way of seeing the world. Technology should widen that door, not narrow it. Systems that speak to students in their language, campuses that do not force English as the price of entry — these are not compromises. They are how we include the millions who would otherwise be left out.
When learning speaks your language, it reaches your heart. And that is where real education begins. Let's keep building an education that sounds like India.