Now is the time to promote Hindi instead of cursing English. Dispute over script has been long-standing. Computer is its biggest example in present days. This was stated by eminent poets Ashok Chakradhar while chairing parallel session 'Hindi in Communications and IT' on the third day of 10th Vishwa Hindi Sammelan here on Saturday. Chakradhar said that windows of knowledge always remain open. Necessary software needs to be made available to promote Hindi through computer. Computer expert Sujay lele said that serial should be kept in view in digitalisation of language. Funds sanctioned for rural development can be used properly by making rural youths computer-savvy.
Producer of Bharat Kosh Portal Aditya Choudhary said that separate page of all 6.38 lakh villages of India will be created on his portal soon. Every page will comprise information about concerning village as well as its culture. Computer expert Balendu Shrama Dadheech informed that along with computer, gadgets are also very important in present era for which users can use linux operating system provided free of cost. Expert Vijay Kumar Malhotra said that 'Sparsh' keyboard prepared for Indian languages by C-Deck is quite useful. He stressed the need for better spell checker and grammar checker to ensure correct Hindi typing. He said that along with readable, e-books should be hearable also.
Shaily Modi from Bengaluru informed that her colleagues at IIT and IIM have jointly evolved 'pratilipi.com portal'. Over 3 lakh users have read stories on the portal during last 9 months.
Secretary of Vishwa Hindi Secretariat, Mauritius Gulshan Sukhlal said that his concern is high-tech global Hindi. For this, Secretariat has launched a campaign in Mauritius and neighbouring countries. He said that Mauritius offers a good market for Hindi software. MD Kulkarni of C-Deck informed that along with NIC, C-Deck has evolved a search engine and efforts are on to further strengthen it.
Guests released magazine 'Nagri Sangam' of Paramanand Panchal and 'Shodh Samavay Portal' developed in Hindi by Maheshwar. Experts and participants suggested that Hindi should be written in only Devnagari script and not in Roman or any other script. Online tests should be held for Hindi proficiency certificate. Hindi words should be standardized. MP Reeti Pathak, MlA Archana Chitnis, session moderator Rachna Vimal, Hind experts from various universities of country and abroad, officers and students attended the session.