This trend might be true of Delhi, but in various other parts of India there is tremendous demand, not just for Hindi but also other languages of the country, stressed poet Rati Saxena, who has been organising poetry festivals for several years now. Even today, 80 per cent of India enjoys reading in Indian languages though they would have undergone English-medium education, the artist from Kerala said while, however, highlighting that this problem of perception was rooted in the attitude of publishers towards writings in regional scripts. If you look closely, youll notice that publishers are only willing to market books based on social/economical/political subjects that are used for research. Other books, especially Hindi poetry, dont impress them much, Saxena added, refusing to put the blame on readers. Even at this festival, there are just two sessions on Hindi (which is the language in focus) and thats possibly because the organisers werent confident of pulling crowds for these events. But the turnout this morning seemed to say otherwise, she said. timesofindia.indiatimes/india/Hindi-literature-a-victim-of-perception/articleshow/29373792.cms
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 01:22:51 +0000
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