Page 9 - Mann Ki Baat September 2022
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Now, Tinkaji has also undergone    Hemchandra Barua ji. The Braille
        sign language training and thus    Edition  of  Hemkosh  is  around
        both mother and daughter now       10,000 pages long and is going
        converse a lot among themselves.   to  be  published  in  more  than  15
        Manju ji of Kerala has also        volumes. In this, more than 1 lakh
        benefited a lot from these efforts.   words have to be translated. I
        Manju ji is not able to hear since   greatly appreciate this sensitive
        birth. Not only that, this has been   effort. Every such effort goes a
        the  situation  in  the  lives  of  her   long way in increasing the skill and
        parents as well. In such a situation,   capability of our specially-abled
        sign language has become a         friends. Today, India is also raising
        means of communication for the     the flag of success in Para Sports.
        whole family. Now Manju ji herself   We  have  all been witness  to  this
        has decided to become a Sign       in many tournaments. Today,
        Language teacher.                  there are many people who are
            Friends,  I  am    also
        discussing about this in ‘Mann
        ki Baat’ so that the awareness
        about Indian Sign Language
        increases. With this, we will
        be able to help our specially-
        abled friends more and more.
        Brothers and sisters, a few
        days ago, I got a copy of the
        Hemkosh too written in Braille.
        Hemkosh is one of the oldest
        dictionaries  of  Assamese
        language. It was prepared
                 th
        in the 19  century. It was
        edited by eminent linguist

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