Toornayad the Hindi Festival is wooing the students and literature lovers. Marking the sixth day book review and guest lecture was held online.
It is to be noted that Toornayad is the biggest festival of Hindi organized by the Official Language Implementation Committee of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, from September 14, 2020 to September 26, 2020.
The sixth day of the programme under Tooryanad '20 ended with the much awaited competition book review and guest lecture. On the one hand, the selected participants from the first phase in the book review participated in the 'book discussion' on the selected books, on the other hand, guest speaker Lalit Kumar described his journey to establish Kavita Kosh.
Taking a new initiative this year, a book review competition was organized to inculcate a positive attitude towards the Hindi language of the present young generation and to develop their reading and reading ability.
Managing Director of AISECT Group, Santosh Choubey was present as the chief guest in the competition. The review on the role of the educator was dome by Anand Singh former Secretary General of the Institute of Excellence, Bhopal and Ashutosh Singh Thakur, founder of the Young Thinkers Forum, former General Secretary of the Forum and Toornayad.
In the first phase, a written review of selected books was called from the participants, in which 7 participants were selected for the final phase. In the final phase, participants conducted a live book review on Sankrant Sanu ji's 'Illusion of English Medium', Amritlal Nagar ji's 'Nachyo Bahi Gopal' and Shrilal Shukla Ji's 'Raag Darbari'.
The participants answered the judges' questions very accurately, showcasing their creativity and speech art. This program of book discussion was telecast live through YouTube so that more people could join. Finally, Santosh Choubey, while explaining the importance of reading literature properly, encouraged the participants and appreciated Turyanad for this initiative which increased the popularity of literature among the youth.