Use mother tongue to communicate: Bhagwat in Assam

Guwahati: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday stressed that every Indian household should embrace ‘Swadeshi' practices in their language, attire, food, housing and travel, while encouraging people to minimise the use of English and converse more in their mother tongue.
"Why should we speak in English inside our home? We will speak in our mother tongue. While talking to each other, if everyone understands Hindi, we will speak in Hindi. Where it is essential to speak in a foreign language, we will speak in such a language," Bhagwat said.
Speaking at an intellectual programme for Guwahati-based Karyakartas, at South Point School in Guwahati's Barsapara, Bhagwat added that there was no issue in learning foreign languages, but it should be used only when required.
Emphasising on Panch Parivartan, Bhagwat delivered his discourse as he deemed it to be fundamental to social transformation. He comprehensively discussed the five essential transformations needed for society: social harmony, family values, environment protection, ‘Swadeshi' practices and civic duties.
Bhagwat underscored the significance of fostering friendship and unity among different communities, castes, religions, regions and languages for achieving a harmonious society, adding that all Hindu temples, water bodies and cremation grounds should be unified in spirit through mutual respect and cooperation.
The event was also attended by Bhupesh Sharma, the Sanghchalak of the Uttar Assam Prant, and Guruprasad Medhi, the Sanghchalak of the Guwahati Mahanagar unit of RSS, along with a large number of Sangh Karyakartas.