Thursday, September 16, 2010

Hindi Diwas celebrated in city colleges

The Hindi Diwas was celebrated with full zeal and enthusiasm in various Lucknow colleges. In Karamat Hussain Girls Degree College, where nearly 2,300 girls have opted Hindi as a subject, the Hindi Day `pakhwara' began on Tuesday, Sep 14.

Various competitions like `Lok geet', debate, learning Hindi words and other activities were organised for students. "To make the students aware of the importance of Hindi Diwas, we have decided to organise a 15-day celebration where in a lot of activities in Hindi will be conducted,'' said Zarina Rehmat, head, department of Hindi, Karamat College.

At Nari Shiksha Niketan Degree College, two chief guests, Pawan Agarwal from the department of Hindi, Lucknow University, and Anita Dubey from the UP Hindi Sansthan expressed their dissatisfaction on the present status that the language has acquired. "Hindi is our national language and it has been given this status since 1949. We should realise that it is 65 years after being given the status but it has still miles to go.''

Full report here Times of India 

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