Need to think outside the box to promote Punjabi

CM Bhagwant Maan’s call for displaying signboards in the Punjabi language to promote the mother tongue is a welcome move but not the right step to promote Gurmukhi/punjabi language across pan-india. In an era described as a global village, painting signboards in the mother tongue will limit its growth and defeat the very purpose of promoting the language beyond the geographic domain of the state of Punjab. Instead of making zestful calls, need to think outside the box in the promotion of the mother tongue Punjabi as a link language for the benefit of the Punjabi settled abroad.

Anil Vinayak Amritsar