MALAYALAM MAKES A NEW BEGINNING
IN KERALA ASSEMBLY-2013
It was a new beginning and experience for legislators who
stepped into the House on Monday, 3rd June,2013, day one of the
28-day ninth session of the 13th Assembly, as Malayalam was used by the
legislature in its functioning and communication.The welcome message to the
legislators in English on the giant screen and two other screens at the House
gave way to “pathimunnam Kerala niyamasabha onpatham sammelanathenu swagatham”
in Malayalam.For the first time, the Assembly heard the customary announcement
of the entry of the Speaker into the House being made in Malayalam by the
marshal.
“Honourable members, Mr. Speaker”, the announcement to inform
the arrival of the Speaker to the House every day at 8.30 a.m., gave way for
“bahumanapetta angangale, bahaumanapetta sabha adhyakshan”. Instead of good
morning, the legislators greeted the Speaker with “namaskaram”. The changes
have been made since Malayalam has attained the status of classical language.After
the national anthem, when Speaker G. Kartikeyan called Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy to reply to the questions, the screens displayed “honourable Speaker and
Oommen Chandy’ in English to the surprise of the legislators. The display in
English continued during the question hour.The Chief Minister, during the
course of his reply to a question on improving the administrative machinery and
clearing of files, pointed out that he was a member of the House since 1970 and
the use of Malayalam in the functioning of the Assembly was a new experience
for him.Already, the legislature has begun the process of creating a
Malayalam vocabulary to be used during proceedings on a directive of the
Speaker.
Prof. John Kurakar
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