BHOPAL
: In spite of being the official language of India, critics often allege that Hindi is treated with disdain and gets a stepmotherly treatment from various quarters.
To dispel the belief and to honour the language with the kind of respect it truly deserves, different cultural organisations have planned various events to mark the
Rashtrabhasha Pakhwada
here in the state capital.
The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) is observing ‘official language fortnight’ from September 14-September 30, in which various competitions and programmes are being organised to celebrate Hindi.
To promote Hindi in official work, an interesting quiz contest was organised at IGRMS on Friday. In all, 14 participants took part in this competition, which was coordinated by Sudhir Shrivastava. The quiz related to the official language included questions regarding the work being done in Hindi in the central government organisation. On the occasion, director, Dr P K Mishra reiterated, “All the employees should know about the Official Language Act and other related instructions, hence this quiz competition will prove to be beneficial for them.”
As a part of Rashtrabhasha Pakhwada celebrations, a three-day online Hindi
calligraphy workshop
was also organised for women writers by Sarjana Academy, which culminated on Friday.
Calligraphy artist Nikhil taught these writers,to create magic on paper, using chisel, brushes, ink, ice-cream sticks and jute rope.
“Members of Hindi Lekhika Sangh enjoyed playing with these objects and made some lyrical moves on paper, with a mere twist and turn of their fingers,” said Sunil Shukla, one of the main organisers of the event.
Explaining how such artistic endeavours help the litterateurs, well-known Hindi writer Mahima Varma, said, “We can adequately present our feelings through words, but when we learn to add some artistic hues to these alphabets, the impact of a story or a piece of writing, doubles.
“Armed with this extra bit of creativity, now we can have a greater say when it comes to planning a cover of our novels, plays, poems or stories. Hindi words look divine in their calligraphic avatar; we learnt this first-hand in the workshop,” Varma added.
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