Language can strengthen social bonding, not divide Society: Dr Sharad Gore

Pune/Tanjavur Sep 23 ( UNI): At a time when attempts are being made to create social divisions on the basis of caste, religion, sect and language, writers and intellectuals have a responsibility to use language as a means of promoting fraternity and strengthening social harmony, said Dr Sharad Gore, president of the Sarfoji Raje II Marathi Sahitya Sammelan. The literary conference, organised for the first time in South India at Thanjavur by the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Parishad, highlighted the historic cultural ties between Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. In his presidential address, Dr Gore said literature and intellectual discourse must…