“Indian Sign Language Must Become Part of Everyday Citizenship”: DEPwD Calls for Wider Use of ISL to Advance Deaf People’s Human Rights

Indian Sign Language (ISL) must be promoted and used more widely as a language of everyday citizenship so that deaf persons can participate fully and exercise their rights with dignity, Additional Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ms. Manmeet Kaur Nanda, said today. Addressing the celebration of Sign Language Day 2026 on the theme “Declaring Deaf People’s...