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Professor Shripati Tudu :

Translated the Constitution in OI Chiki script

The Constitution of India is
considered as one of the most
elaborated constitutions in
the world. Prof. Shripati Tudu
translated the Constitution for
the Santhali community in their
own language. In an interaction
with Doordarshan team, Shripati
Tudu talks about his initiative.
Shripati Tudu, a professor of
Santhali language from Purulia, Constitution. That was the
West Bengal, realized that
moment when the thought of
due to the diversity in Indian
translating the Constitution
languages, many people are not of India in my mother tongue,
able to read the Constitution, Santhali occurred to me. Once
he decided to translate it to
I finished the Santhali version of
his mother tongue, Santhali, in
Constitution of India, I gifted it to
OI Chiki script and became a the Santhali community so that
part of the visionary Ek Bharat they can read and understand
Shrestha Bharat programme.
about the great nation that
He said, “I had only heard they call their home and know
about the Constitution and the more about their rights and
fact that our country functions duties. Today, I am happy to
through it. I never got a chance see that people are seeking
to study it. Growing up, when for the Santhali version of the
I got the opportunity to read Constitution and reading it.
it, I realized that it is important It’s gleeful to see that my work
for each and every Indian is reaching the masses and
to read and understand the fulfilling its purpose.”

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