TWO DAY CONVENTION OF THE BIHAR HINDI SAHITYA SAMMELAN ORGANIZED

TWO DAY CONVENTION OF THE BIHAR HINDI SAHITYA SAMMELAN ORGANIZED

3-JAN-ENG 5

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

PATNA-------------------------Hindi does not seek to replace any other language of the country, but only English, which is rightfully Hindi's place. It is a matter of misfortune and shame that in an independent nation, a language that enslaved the country still holds sway over a vast area. India will be freed from this global shame only when one language of the country becomes the language of every citizen. There must be one language in the country that the entire nation knows, understands, and can use. With these thoughts and a resolution to work tirelessly towards making Hindi the national language of India soon, the two-day 44th grand convention of the Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Patna, concluded with great splendor.

The chief guest of this concluding-cum-award ceremony and Chairman of the State Consumer Protection Commission, Bihar, Justice Sanjay Kumar, said that the efforts of the Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan to make Hindi the national language of the country are highly commendable. Representatives from across the country have appreciated and supported this effort. He honored 50 eminent litterateurs from various parts of the country with awards named after the revered and pioneering litterateurs of Bihar.

The Chairman of the Reception Committee, Dr. Rajvardhan Azad, expressed his gratitude to all the representatives and guests and said that this convention was graced by hundreds of scholars from across the country, and people are returning to their respective states with a great message of Hindi.

In his presidential address, the President of the convention, Dr. Anil Sulabh, expressed his gratitude to all the officers and members of the Working Committee and the Reception Committee, whose tireless and continuous efforts made this grand convention a success. He called upon all the participating litterateurs to dedicate themselves with renewed energy to fulfilling the resolutions taken at the convention. Bihar's Development Commissioner Mihir Kumar Singh, Director of the Central Hindi Institute, Agra, Dr. Sunil Baburao Kulkarni, senior lyricist Pt. Buddhinath Mishra, renowned journalist Ashutosh, senior Indian Police Service officer Yashovardhan Azad, Chairperson of the State Women's Commission Apsara, Prof. Savita Jha, and the conference's Vice-Chairperson Dr. Madhu Verma also expressed their views. The stage was managed by Dr. Shankar Prasad, and the vote of thanks was given by Bhagwati Prasad Dwivedi.

Before the closing ceremony, three intellectual sessions of the convention and a grand poetry recitation session were also held. The subject of today's first and the convention's fifth intellectual session was - Hindi in the promotion of non-Hindi literature of India. The session was presided over by the Director of the Central Hindi Institute, Agra, Dr. Sunil Baburao Kulkarni. The main speaker and Head of the Faculty of Humanities at Mahatma Gandhi Hindi University, Wardha, Prof. Awadhesh Kumar, senior poetess from Bengaluru Dr. Lata Chauhan and Dr. Seema Yadav also presented their papers. The stage was managed by Dr. Archana Tripathi, and the vote of thanks was given by Krishna Ranjan Singh. The convener of the session was Dr. Sushma Kumari.

The subject of today's second and the convention's sixth intellectual session was "The Legal System of the National Language Movement". Inaugurating this session, Justice Dr. Anshuman of the Patna High Court said that until the language of justice is the language of the petitioner, proper justice cannot be delivered. Not only in the Patna High Court, but in all the courts of the country, lawyers should file petitions in Hindi or the local language.

In this session, presided over by Dr. Awadhesh Kumar, advocate Indradev Prasad and Dr. Jayant Kar Sharma also expressed their views. The guests were welcomed by the senior vice-president of the conference, Jialal Arya.

The subject of the final and seventh session was "Bihar's Contribution to Poetry and Literature". This session was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Reception Committee of the convention and MLA Dr. Rajvardhan Azad. In this session, a keynote address on Bihar's illustrious statesman, former Chief Minister and great poet Bhagwat Jha 'Azad', was delivered by the renowned journalist Ashutosh. He said that politics makes a person cruel, selfish, and corrupt. However, the great poet Azad proved through his conduct and writings that if a person dedicates their life to the welfare of humanity, they can remain untouched by the taint of politics. In the epic poem 'Mrityunjayi', composed by the great poet, he has expressed his broad perspective. This book, which focuses on Mahatma Buddha, is remarkable.

In this session, chaired by Yashovardhan Azad, a senior officer of the Indian Police Service and son of the great poet, Dr. Shankar Prasad and Dr. Savita Jha also presented their papers.

After the conclusion of the intellectual sessions, a grand poetry symposium was held under the chairmanship of the internationally renowned poet Pandit Buddhinath Mishra, which was inaugurated by Bihar's Development Commissioner Mihir Kumar Singh. In this poetry symposium, dozens of poets and poetesses from various states of the country enriched the conference with their compositions.

In this grand convention, the following scholars were honored today:

Dr. Aarti Singh, Gorakh Awards:  Mahiyasi Dr. Mridula Sinha Memorial Award, Shri Anuj Bechain, Aurangabad - Poet Gopal Singh 'Nepali' Award, Dr. Renu Mishra, Ara - Shanta Sinha Memorial Award, Dr. Ramdarash Rai, Gorakhpur - Pt. Ramdayal Pandey Memorial Award, Smt. Geeta Choubey, Bengaluru - Ambalika Devi Award, Dr. Alka Verma, Araria - Dr. Usha Rani 'Deen' Memorial Award, Prof. Sunita Srishti, Muzaffarpur - Dr. Shanti Jain Memorial Award, Dr. Deepak Kumar, Jehanabad - Prof. Kesari Kumar Memorial Award, Dr. Ataullah Khan Alvi, Sasaram - Raja Radhika Raman Prasad Singh Award, Mrityunjay Mishra 'Karunesh', Deoria - Dr. Shyamnandan Kishore Memorial Award,

Dr. Mamta Mishra, Ara - Dr. Shanti Suman, Dr. Birendra Kumar Mallik, Madhubani - Brajnandan Sahay 'Brajvallabh' Award, Dr. Loknath Mishra, Pusa - Poddar Ramavatar 'Arun' Award, Dr. Ranjita Tiwari, Patna - Vidushi Bindu Sinha Memorial Award, Dr. Asha Tiwari Ojha,

Bhagalpur - Vidushi Girija Barnwal Award,

Dr. Renu Sharma 'Radhya', Vaishali - Prakashwati Narayan Award, Dr. Ajay Kumar Meet, Katihar - Dr. Muralidhar Srivastava 'Shekhar' Award, Dr. Sandhya Rani, Chatra - Kumari Radha Smriti Samman, Shri Vinod Kumar 'Naitik', Katihar - Pt. Ram Dayal Pandey Samman, Dr. Naveen Nikunj, Bhagalpur - Dr. Parmanand Pandey Samman,

Smt. Nirmala Karn, Ranchi - Ramanika Gupta Smriti Samman, Shri Mukund Prakash Mishra, Shivhar - Acharya Shriranjan Suridev Smriti Samman, Dr. Nagendra Kumar Sharma, Patna - Baba Nagarjun Samman, Umesh Mishra, Patna - Prof. Murlidhar Srivastava 'Shekhar' Samman, Devendra Singh Azad, Lakhisarai - Dr. Ramprasad Singh Folk Literature Samman,

Dr. Ajay Kumar, Patna - Sahitya Sarathi Balbhadra Kalyan Samman, Rajneesh Kumar Gaurav, Saran - Pt. Prafulla Chandra Ojha 'Mukt' Samman, Ravindra Kumar Bharti,

Lakhisarai - Pt. Hans Kumar Tiwari Smriti Samman,

Dr. Shubh Kumar Barnwal, Benipatti - Dr. Kumar Vimal Samman, Ashish Sagar, Banka - Raghuveer Narayan Samman,

Shri Rajesh Kumar Yadav: Mohania: Prof. Sitaram Singh 'Deen' Smriti Samman, Shri Amit Kumar Rai, Banka - Dr. Shailendranath Srivastava Smriti Samman, Dr. Ajeya Kumar, Vikram - Prof. Mathura Prasad Dixit Smriti Samman,

Dr. Mannu Rai, Siwan - Prof. Amarnath Sinha Smriti Samman, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Siwan - Sahitya Sarathi Balbhadra Kalyan Samman, Dr. Kumar Vimalendu Singh, Patna - Prof. Kesari Kumar Smriti Samman - Maheshwar Ojha 'Mahesh': Buxar: Pt. Jagannath Prasad Mishra Gaur 'Kamal' Samman

Shri Rakshit Raj, Shivhar - Dr. Naresh Pandey 'Chakor' Smriti Samman, 'Meenu' Meena Sinha, Ranchi - Dr. Sulakshmi Kumari Memorial Award, Smt. Sangeeta Mishra, Chhapra - Vidushi Anupama Nath Memorial Award, Mohammad Mumtaz Hasan, Gaya - Peer Muhammad Munis Award, Smt. Jyoti Mishra, Bhagalpur - Vidushi Shailaja Jayamala Memorial Award,

Dr. Suman Lata, Aurangabad - Kishori Chaturvedi Memorial Award, Smt. Kanchan Aparajita, Tokyo - Dr. Veena Karn Memorial Award, Dr. Vidushi Ameta, Rajasthan - Vidushi Kumud Shukla Memorial Award, Acharya Animesh, Patna - Dr. Chaturbhuj Memorial Award, Dr. Deepali Kumari, Vaishali - Niroj Sinha Memorial Award, Dr. Anupam Sharma, Sultanpur - Rashtrabhasha Prahari Nripendranath Gupta Award, Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Patna - Vinodini Sharma Memorial Award, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Bihar Sharif - Acharya Shriranjan Suridev Memorial Award.

Needless to say, the discussions held in seven sessions with hundreds of scholars and intellectuals from various parts of the country, centered on the topic 'Hindi should become the national language of the country,' during this two-day grand convention of the Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Patna, were not only extremely meaningful, commendable, and useful, but this convention was also honored by their participation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they will all return to their respective states with a significant message in their minds and hearts, to implement a national movement for the legal adoption of Hindi as the national language throughout the country.