February 17, 2026 1:21 PM
President Murmu inaugurates centenary celebrations of Ol Chiki Script
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script at an event organised by the Ministry of Culture in New Delhi, highlighting its role as a powerful symbol of Santal identity and linguistic pride. Addressing the gathering, the President said the Santal community possesses a rich language, literature and culture. However, in the absence of its own script, the Santhali language was earlier written in Roman, Devanagari, Oriya and Bengali scripts. Memb...