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PU Foundation Day Lecture 2013

 

Eminent Writer and Jnanpith Award winner Prof. Gurdial Singh today said that Kalidasa 
was the greater playwright then William Shakespeare. Similarly no western literatureur 
is bigger than Ved Vyas. We have not given due importance to our languages. 
Noted Punjabi Writer, Novelist Prof. Gurdial Singh was addressing the prestigious 
Foundation Day Lecture during the National Seminar on the “Making of Modern Punjab: 
Education, Science and Social Change in Punjab”, at Panjab University (PU) today. 
Padma Shri Awardee Prof Gurdial Singh encapsulated various issues ranging from the 
progress of human history, importance of the native language to disseminate scientific 
thinking in the present scenario. He traced the history of Punjabi language and said 
that colonialism had disrupted the significance of Punjabi language as well as the 
education system through manipulative academic policies. He exemplified how Indian 
authors like Kalidas were often undervalued by academia under the influence of Western 
literary tradition. He highlighted upon the role of literature, human emotions and 
morality for human existence. 
    

Prof. Gurdial congratulated the PU Vice Chancellor Prof. Arun K Grover enlightening the 
people about the great contribution of Ruchi Ram Sahni and other scientists from Punjab. 
He said that though Prof. Ruchi Ram Sahni was a committed Arya Samaj believer but he 
participated in the Kar Sewa at Golden Temple. He said that Prof. Sahni not only 
promoted science in Punjab but also brought changes in the peoples thought process so 
that they could think like scientists. 


Prof. Gurdial Singh also spoke on the contribution of Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh and 
Emperor Ranjeet Singh. 
 

President of South Asian University and former VC of JNU Prof. G.K Chadha presided over 
the Foundation Day Lecture while PU VC Prof. Arun K Grover, Prof. Pratibha Nagpal, Prof. 
BS Ghuman, Dr. Archana R. Singh also spoke on the occasion. 
                 

Press Release No.729 
                                            

VP/SK 



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