Hindustani academy
Meanwhile, the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan in Prayagraj has joined hands with the Union culture ministry’s Gyan Bharatam initiative to digitally preserve around 12,000 rare manuscripts.
Academy secretary Ajit Singh said the initiative would focus on students of secondary schools and intermediate colleges by holding seminars, competitions and other interactive programmes there. We want to reach youths rather than wait for them to come to the academy,” Singh said. Sammelan prime minister Kuntak Mishra said the manuscripts were being digitised while retaining their original form and would subsequently be uploaded to the Gyan Bharatam website.
Essay-writing and debate competitions will be included in the activities to inform youths about the lives and works of Hindi storytellers and litterateurs. “Gen Z is at an age when it can still be connected with India’s ancient language and literary traditions. He added that the aim was to bring youngsters and writers together and build a larger literary family while preserving the rich legacy of Hindi and making it relevant to contemporary generations.