JAMMU, April 24 -- Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Health and Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo, today remarked that languages are not merely a means of expressing thoughts, but they are the guardians of our history, identity and culture.

The Minister stated this while delivering the Keynote address during the one-day seminar on 'Relation of Urdu with Regional Languages' at the University of Jammu here.

The seminar was organised by the Department of Urdu, University of Jammu, in collaboration with the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL).

In her address the Minister said that this seminar is not just a formal event, but a reflection of our identity, as languages are not merely a means of expressing thoughts, th...