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JLF: ‘India may dream in Hindi but aspires to write in English’
India may dream in Hindi but aspires to write in English, is the argument presented by Aditi Maheshwari, director Vani Publications at the Jaipur Literature Festival here. “India may dream in Hindi,...
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Young turks re-inventing Hindi literature
A new breed of writers in Hindi, many of them IIT-IIM graduates, are seeking to become the agents of a new revolution in Hindi literature. Their protagonists represent the young, resurgent India and...
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A Door into Hindi and Darvazah: Online tools to teach Hindi and Urdu
A Door Into Hindi comprises tutorials on Hindi while Darvazah has chapters in Urdu. Each tool has 24 progressively advanced tutorials comprising videos, animations, jokes, each aimed at drawing the...
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Hindi on the Hudson
Sometimes my son asks in English: “Baba, what does duniya mean?” It means the world, beta, the world that I have lost. The world of Hindi: Amitava Kumar remembers his lost world of Hindi My son, who...
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We don’t have one “national language” in India, but several: Shashi Tharoor
The unnecessary controversy over the use of Hindi by the government in official communications and social media revealed two essential truths about our country. The first is that, whatever the Hindi...
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Hindi-Urdu Sahitya Award Committe organises 25th International Literature...
The 25th International Literature Festival organised by the Hindi-Urdu Sahitya Award Committe in association with the UP Sangeet Natak Academy , is dedicated to writers of Hindi and Urdu literature, Dr...
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Kitaab interview with Dr. Usha Bande
Dr. Usha Bande is an Indian writer and critic who lives in Shimla. She writes in Marathi, Hindi and English and translates short stories from Marathi into Hindi. She has several research papers and...
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Is Hindi literature back in fashion?
The rise of online publishing and social media may inadvertently be beneficial for Hindi authors and its readers: The Hindu In 1987, the year after she turned 40, Pamela Manasi got her big break when...
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Indian PM Modi hails Mauritius for enriching Hindi literature
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed Mauritius for enriching Hindi literature through its contribution and said the language has occupied a special place in the world. On the second leg of...
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For Hindi literature, Hans writes a story of grit and revival
Hans has quite a rich history and a formidable literary reputation. It was founded in 1930 in Varanasi by none other than Munshi Premchand, who was called ‘Upanyas Samrat’ (the king of novels) and had...
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India: Penguin Random House signs a new co-publishing deal with Manjul...
Vaishali Mathur appointed to Head of Language Publishing and Rights Penguin Random House in India has announced a new co-publishing partnership for local language translation with Manjul Publishing...
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Speaking in tongues: Literary translation as a work of art
Dividend by language, united by translations, literature from various Indian states, as well as from regions across the world, is now within easy reach of the Indian reader. As former editorial head of...
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Hindi literature: For Premchand, Good Literature Was About Truth and Humanity
The great Hindi writer remains as relevant today as he was more than a century ago. Born 137 years ago on July 31 in Lamhi, a village near Varanasi, Premchand (1880-1936) wrote about things that have...
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Are Hindi, Hindavi, Rekhta and Urdu different names for the same linguistic, literary and cultural heritage? The three-day Jashn-e-Rekhta (Rekhta Festival) that concluded on Sunday once again drew our...
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The Genius of Munshi Premchand
Munshi Premchand(1880-1936), born as Dhanpat Rai Shrivastav, was one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. He has to his credit more than three hundred short stories, fourteen...
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Languages Erode with the Passing of an Era
There are twenty two ‘scheduled’ languages in India and dialects run into many more. The 2001 census put the count of all spoken languages and dialects at 780, second only to Papua and New Guinea...
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‘Why My Awakening did not come in Hindi?’
About 6,500 spoken languages are in use in the world today. However, about 2,000 of those languages have fewer than 1,000 users. Mandarin and English are the most spoken language on Earth followed...
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How Urdu writers depict the Mahatma
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi opposed the Partition that came as an edging of India’s Independence movement. In 1947, he told Rajendra Prasad,”, “I can see only evil in the plan.” Rajendra...
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How Writing was not a choice but a Compulsion
Uma Trilok in conversation with Mitali Chakravarty Dr Uma Trilok Dr Uma Trilok is a small vivacious woman, well-dressed and polite… almost more like a retired college professor. She could be a heroine...
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Short Story: The Disclosure
By Rashid Askari The rusty old bus skidded to a halt with a screech of brakes. The engine stopped with an ear-splitting sound. Exhaust fumes were winding into dark clouds. It was a routine picture....
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