IMI-New Delhi Celebrates Hindi Diwas

IMI-New Delhi Celebrates Hindi Diwas, Enthralls MBA Students
Anoobhuti 2006: Dil ki baat, Dil ki Jubaani

September 14, 2006 was the day when IMI celebrated another first, the celebration of "Hindi Diwas". In the present era of globalization and urbanization, the relevance of Hindi as our national language has been deteriorating day-by-day.

There exists a class of connoisseurs in every society who are involved with the enrichment of a language as it is a source of expression of thoughts, and IMI chose to focus on some of these individuals by organizing a Hasya Kavi Sangoshthi - "Anoobhuti" - on this special day. We had the great honor of having some of the most eminent personalities of the literary world, including our faculty member, Sri Arvind Chaturvedi.

The day began in a Hindi-theme, from the wearing of traditional outfits to having the lunch and dinner menus written in Hindi: a strict Hindi code was followed.

The program began at 7:00 pm in the evening with a warm welcome to the guests by the Registrar, Dr. Rajat Kathuria, and it was followed by Saraswati Vandana by the students of IMI. Sri Suresh 'Nirav', who is currently the Senior Deputy Editor of "Kadambini", was coordinating the entire event.

The proceedings started with Sri Rajesh Raj taking the centre stage with some of his poems. He had earlier featured in "Wah Wah" with SAB TV and many more along similar lines with Doordarshan. His relationship with IMI is all the more special as his daughter is currently a student here. The current state of Hindi was all the more evident in his lines -

"Sach poocho toh yun lagti hain Hindi Hindusthan mein,
Jo kaagaz ke phool saje hon sheeshe ki guldaan mein."

He then also adorned Hindi by amazingly striking a contrast between technology and feelings -

"Waise to mobile yug hai,
Par tum mujhko pali likhna,
Mobile se namumkin hai,
Ankhiyon nir bahati likhna."

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Contributed by -
Shivanku Misra (Campus Associate),
President-INTERFACE (Media Cell, IMI),
International Management Institute,
New Delhi.

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