Ahmedabad, Oct 14: Calling languages as soul of society, Vice President M. Venkaiah idu on Saturday said that India should have a pragmatic policy to encourage mother tongues at early stages of school. Iugurating two-day Intertiol Conference on ‘The Journey of Indian Languages: Perspectives on Culture and Society’, idu said : “We should have a pragmatic policy to encourage mother tongue at the early stages of schooling and gradually move on to other languages.” The program was organised by B.R. Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) and Indira Gandhi tiol Open University (IGNOU) here.