Andhra Pradesh: Fulfilling YSR's dream

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Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Y S Rajashekara Reddy initiated the concept of propaganda of Hindi language.In order to encourage Telugu people to write scripts that would reflect Telugu language, culture in National Level.
Keeping this in view this great concept, Parliamentary Official Language Vice-Chairman – Ex Parliament Chairman – Andhra University Hindi Department Chairman – Acharya Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad has re-started Andhra Pradesh Hindi Academy. It was inaugurated by Dr. Y S Rajashekara Reddy.

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by Guest Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:08 am

Andhra Pradesh - Vijayawada

Hindi Academy unveils big plans

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Rs. 48 lakhs allocated for promotion of language

Post-graduate course in Hindi introduced in ANU
Academy to encourage Hindi poets in the State
The future plans include study tours for students
VIJAYAWADA: As part of promoting Hindi in coastal region, a post-graduate course in the language has been introduced in Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU), says chairman of Andhra Pradesh Hindi Academy Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad.

Addressing a meeting at Andhra Loyola College here on Wednesday as part of Hindi Divas (Hindi Divas falls on September 14) celebrations by the college, Prof. Prasad said Hindi-lovers could now pursue a post-graduate course in the national language. "Learning a new language always benefits the learner, not the language," he pointed out.

He said Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was keen on promoting the language and had allocated Rs. 48 lakhs for the purpose to the academy.

Hindi Bhavan

Prof. Prasad said the ANU proposed to construct a separate Hindi Bhavan for which it had received donations to the tune of Rs. 25 lakhs from different northern States (Rs. 10 lakhs each from the State Governments of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and Rs. 5 lakhs from Chhattisgarh). The academy would also encourage Hindi poets in the State by extending them grants for publishing their works. Its other focus areas would be to extend post-matric scholarships to students opting to pursue a course in the language and propagate other schemes introduced for this section of students.

Study tours for students to the Hindi land in order to familiarise them with their lifestyle also formed part of the future plans of the academy, he said.

Powerful tool

Language could be used as a powerful tool to begin an impressive conversation with strangers. He said students of this State might face a lot of problem because of their poor knowledge of Hindi language. He said in this modern age, one could not afford to lag behind due to lack of proper knowledge of a language.

"After completing your studies, if your job takes you to the northern States, you might feel powerless in the area of communication," he warned and said all should contribute their mite in promoting the national language.

Principal S. Immanuel, head of the Hindi department V. Vallabha Rao and others were present.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/14/stories/2006091405290200.htm

by Guest Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:10 am

Hindi Bhavan inaugurated at Nagarjuna University

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GUNTUR: Guntur - Tenali - Vijayawada was the heartland of renowned Hindi writers and poets, who got recognition among those who contributed to promotion of Hindi as a national language, said Hindi Academy Chairman Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad while inaugurating Hindi Bhavan on Acharya Nagarjuna University Campus on Thursday. Formally declaring the Rs.55-lakh building open, Mr. Lakhsmi Prasad promised to turn this Hindi Bhavan as nerve centre of activities related to promotion of the language in the State. He also promised to sanction Rs.2 lakh for a library in the new building.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/02/stories/2008050255540500.htm

by Guest Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:14 am

Hyderabad, April 4 - He goes through two Hindi newspapers every day and even has teachers to help him pick up the language. Now that N. Chandrababu Naidu is looking for a larger role in national politics, the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister is dead serious about learning Hindi.

Hailing from southern India, that too from the Rayalaseema region where Telugu is the dominant language and even Urdu is not spoken unlike in state capital Hyderabad, it is not an easy task for him.

But as convenor of the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) comprising six regional parties from across the country, Naidu knows he has to reach out to people in the Hindi heartland in the north.

And the 58-year-old Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief is trying hard.

He is learning Hindi from a journalist as well as a teacher and is also taking help from his wife N. Bhuvaneshwari, an entrepreneur who has good command over the language.

Naidu, who had learnt the Hindi alphabet in school, goes through both the Hindi dailies published from Hyderabad every day. 'He makes it a point to go through the headlines, if not the entire text,' said a source.

'He is a very avid learner. The only problem is time. After spending a few hours on learning Hindi, he gets busy with party affairs. He tries to revive it when he has to address public meetings outside the state,' said a close aide.

Before going for meetings, he rehearses his speeches and his teachers and wife help improve his pronunciation.

Sources close to Naidu say though he began learning the national language in 1996, a year after he became chief minister, he focused on it only in 2004 after losing power to the Congress party in the state.

'When he was in power he could spare little time to learn Hindi and even now he is so busy with meetings that he does not have time to regularly learn the language,' a source told IANS.

After forming the UNPA with the Samajwadi Party and other parties last year, Naidu realised the importance of Hindi for communicating not just with other UNPA leaders but also with the people at large.

As the UNPA is addressing a series of meetings on farmers' issues in different parts of the country, Naidu is delivering his speeches in Hindi.

When such public rallies were held in the Uttar Pradesh towns of Etawah in February and Azamgarh last month, he delivered the speeches in fluent Hindi much to the surprise of his UNPA allies and the public.

'Since he is yet to get a hold over the language, he is reading out the prepared text written in the Telugu script,' said a close aide.

'He knows that English is not going to help him in sending his message as the majority of the people can't understand the language. He felt this is also essential to communicate with UNPA leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav,' said a TDP leader.

TDP sources said Naidu had been keen to learn Hindi after he became convenor of the United Front in 1996. 'However, he was preoccupied with day-to-day governance and could not spare the time,' said a leader.

He also felt the need when he emerged more powerful at the centre in 1999 and left the United Front to back the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.

The IT savvy leader, who was chief minister of the state from 1995 to 2004, could finally spare some time for learning Hindi after he lost power in the last elections.

Learning Hindi is difficult for politicians in the south, especially if they have no exposure to national politics. Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who is from Karnataka, in fact stunned everyone by delivering his Independence Day speech in chaste Hindi.

In Andhra Pradesh, many leaders who come from Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana can speak Hindi or Urdu but those from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions are not known to be familiar with the language.

Naidu holds a masters degree in economics from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

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