Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: The Portcullis House of Commons, British Parliament celebrated the Linguistic Diversity of India marking the 20th anniversary of the International Mother Language Day on March 13, 2020. Hosted by MP Bob Blackman and organized by Sanskriti Centre for Cultural Excellence, poems of 17 Indian languages were presented at the event, including the recitations of Assamese and Bishnupriya Manipuri (BM) poems. While Assamese poems were recited by Tonoya Choudhury Baruah, the recorded version of a Bishnupriya Manipuri poem of Dils Lakshmindra Sinha – Ima Thar (mother tongue) – was recited by Leina Jarina, a press statement issued by Anita Sinha, wife of poet Dils Lakshmindra Sinha, said. The Bishnupriya Manipuri language is one that has been listed as an endangered language by the UNESCO, and as such the thrust at the event was given on this language.