The festival will take place at the Oxford Bookstore in Connaught Place and will see eminent personalities such as actor-writer-lyricist Piyush Mishra, Manisha Pandey, author Divya Prakash Dubey among others as panellists at the event which aims at providing a platform for people who are trying to explore the language.
A day-long event aiming to promote Hindi books and Hindi literature called Hindi Sahitya Utsav is being organised in the Capital today.
The festival will take place at the Oxford Bookstore in Connaught Place and will see eminent personalities such as actor-writer-lyricist Piyush Mishra, Manisha Pandey, author Divya Prakash Dubey among others as panellists at the event which aims at providing a platform for people who are trying to explore the language.
Apart from discussions, intellectual sessions on the language, with experts in Hindi literature will also take place. Sessions comprising readings and recitations on themes ranging from satire, dissent, to modernism has been planned for the day.
According to the organisers the event brings to fore the essence of the artistic culture of Hindi and the many pleasures related to the language.
“Hindi holds great potential if one observes the writings, poems, and thought process of Hindi authors. The Sahitya Utsav is a great initiative. It’s something which was needed on an urgent basis because there is a dire need to promote the language. Hindi is lagging behind while the English is making its mark globally,” says Urvashi Butalia, one of the panellists who will be speaking at the event. “In my session, I particularly plan to focus on people who have chosen their own career paths and have led their lives according to their own terms and not bothered about the societal norms,” adds Butalia.
The event will begin with an introductory note by Mrinaal Pandey who will speak on ‘Bhasha aur Samaaj’, followed by interactive sessions with the audience.
Namita Gokhale, writer and panellist at the event which is a brainchild of Oxford Bookstore says, “It’s both inspiring and reassuring to see that an iconic bookstore like Oxford is supporting Hindi, other Indian languages, and providing them with festivals like these...with translation events, as well as allotting shelf space to Hindi and other Indian languages.”
The Expressive language
Hindi is derived from Sanskrit, which got truncated over the years after being introduced with other dialects like Prakrit.
It has been influenced and enriched by Dravidian, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Portuguese, English, and is a very expressive language.
Several dialects of Hindi have been used in literature. Braj was the popular literary dialect until it was replaced by Khari Boli in the 19th century.
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