Hindi Poetry enters a Golden Era — never to bow down again.. and the man behind it!
The Hindi-Kavita project is a game-changer, enjoys a cult-following and has made millions fall in love with Hindustani poetry. Meet the man behind this phenomenon : Manish Gupta
http://www.thebetterindia.com/68222/manish-gupta-youtube-hindi-poetry/
“Never before in the cultural history of the world such a phenomenon has happened where almost all the cultural stalwarts of film-industry have come forward alongside the contemporary authors in order to promote a language”
Since pre-independence days Hindi kept losing it’s shine.. although the third largest spoken language in the world, and despite it’s massive 600million followers — English language in India has risen as the primary language of higher and tech-education.
English is the status symbol in India. Even though only 100 million people speak English language in India, it is more aspirational amongst masses. Although, they are unable to speak the language, the image-conscious people are not happy seen with vernacular language books.. or seen speaking Hindi(it’s for villagers) or Punjabi (Pendu) or Marathi (Ghati).. and so forth..
It took an army to change all that — it has taken one man army!
Click on the link for the entire article:
http://hindi.webdunia.com/my-blog/hindi-poetry-hindi-literature-manish-gupta-116082000070_1.html#.V77YelEtwF0
“I had no idea, this project would become so massive”, beams Manish, well, I shouldn’t be surprised — something historic has happened. So many popular theater and film-personalities have come together to be part of this project as they all are in love with Hindi literature. Almost all the big contemporary poets are part of this project too.
Here’s Manish’s TEDx speech @ IIT BHU
Here are a few links and scans show how much love and respect this project has found:
Hindustan Times:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/for-the-love-of-hindi-kavita/story-qh7Bm0vUq2pl73yQe8SKVN.html
BBC: http://www.bbc.com/hindi/social/2016/08/160826_poetry_new_way_cj
The Logical Indian:
http://thelogicalindian.com/story-feed/exclusive/meet-manish-gupta-a-film-maker-who-is-making-hindi-urdu-cool/
The Lallan Top:
http://www.thelallantop.com/bherant/youtube-channels-hindi-kavita-and-urdu-studio-are-making-hindi-urdu-cool/#kaun-ho-tum
After affecting millions across the globe this project has now caused a social revolution of sorts. There are chapters of Hindi Kavita project in Delhi, Dehradun, Nainital, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Richmond (USA) and in numerous other cities where people who love Hindi literature are coming together. Here’s an article about “क” से कविता — the Hyderabad chapter:
SPECIAL: ये करते हैं हिन्दी कविताओं का ‘श्रृंगार’, जिससे नई पीढ़ी भी करे शब्दों से प्यार
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