'CELEBRATION OF THE VISHWA HINDI DIWAS' on 10th JANUARY 2024. News / Events

'CELEBRATION OF THE VISHWA HINDI DIWAS' on 10th JANUARY 2024.

 

CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA

SHANGHAI

CELEBRATION OF THE VISHWA HINDI DIWAS 10TH JANUARY 2024

        The Consulate General of India, Shanghai organized a programme to celebrate the Vishwa Hindi Diwas (World Hindi Day) on 10th January 2024. The students of the Hindi Department of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) joined the celebrations along with Head of the Department Ms Zhang Yutong and faculty member Ms Gu Qingzi. The event commenced with Consul General Dr N Nandakumar reading out the message of Hon’ble Prime Minister. The Consul General concluded his address with greetings to the Indian community on the Vishwa Hindi Diwas.

2.  Ms. Zhang Yutong then addressed the gathering on the topic “Hindi in China”. Her talk traced the appeal of Hindi in China since the days of actor Raj Kapoor when the song “Aawara Hun” was quite popular in China to the recent years when the Hindi movies Dangal and 3 Idiots were successful in creating a mass appeal. Thereafter the students of the Hindi Department presented a song “I’ll Miss You” from the Hindi film “Secret Superstar” which was followed by the students presenting the 6th part (छठा दृश्य) of the famous play Shakuntala.

3.  Smt Hina Chaturvedi, a community member holding a Master’s degree in Hindi then traced the development of Hindi literature while elaborating on the style of famous Hindi writers. Her speech was followed by a fun interactive activity on name based riddles based on pictographic clues and videos.

4. Consul General also handed over the prospectus to Ms Zhang Yutong of the Certificate courses in Hindi for international students which are conducted by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra under the scheme for Propagation of Hindi Abroad. This was followed by gifting of select set of Hindi books for the students of Hindi Department by Consulate which were handed over by the Consul General to Ms Zhang Yutong and the students.

S.N

Name of the book

Author

1

Knowledge on Environment

Bijeta Upadhyay

2

Anmol Kahaniya (Volume I & II)

Sarat Chandra

3

Dohas

Kabir & Rahim

4

Swad, Sehat and Shakaahar

Shruti Agarwal

5

Famous writings of famous authors

Garima Dubey

6

Yoga, the Great Science

Dr. Kamakhya Kumar

7

Autobiography of Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

8

Buddhist Culture of Malwa

Dr. Ramkumar Ahirwar

9

World Famous Women

Soumya Jetla

10

Bhimrao Ambedkar

Yogendra Dutta

The Consul General also felicitated all the students of the Hindi department for their participation and performances. Shri Aditya Prabhudesai, Consul (PIC) hosted the programme as the master of the ceremony.

16 January, 2024

Shanghai