A poetry recital programme exclusively for school children was organised by national Hindi weekly—Navodit Sawar — in Dehradun on Saturday. Ten out of 100 students were selected by the jury to recite the poems in the function. After inaugurating the function as chief guest, Prof Mahaveer Agarwal, Vice-Chancellor Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar urged from the gathering to use Hindi in day-to-day activities.
He said that use of Hindi as language is very easy. The programme was presided over by former Vice-Chancellor of Garhwal University and Sanskrit University Sudha Pandey.
Famous libertarian Dr Budhinath Mishra highlighted about the different moods and types of poems and said that drafting poems is one of the best hobbies which is not only for elder but also for children. He also apprised them about the contribution done by various Hindi poets. Hindi poets have their own identity in the society and the poets are being liked by the scholars and large number of people.
later, souvenir on Dr Girija Shankar Trivedi was also released by the chief guest along with other distinguished guests. The guest of honour was VK Maheshwari, Rakesh Oberoi, SP Kocchar, Ashok Windlass. Rajneesh Trivedi, Sunil Trivedi, Dr Ram Vinay Singh, Deepti Trivedi, Rashmi Alok and many more were present.