World Hindi Day celebrated in Kuwait

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Submitted by indian on 12-Jan-10 2:36 AM

Hindi is the third most widely-spoken language in the world and “World Hindi Day” is celebrated annually across the world on January 10. As part of the efforts to promote the use of Hindi, a function was organized on “World Hindi Day” at the Embassy of India in Kuwait. 




Father Lionel Braganza, Principal of the Indian English Academy School, helped coordinate the event amongst the Indian schools in Kuwait. After inaugurating the event by lighting the traditional lamp the Ambassador of India Mr. Ajai Malhotra read out the message of the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, issued on the occasion of “World Hindi Day”. This was followed by a debate on the topic “Use of Hindi in Today’s World” in which students from eleven Indian schools in Kuwait participated. The winners of the debate were Chinmayi Singhal of Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School School (First), Vedula Soundrya Lehri of Indian Educational School (Second), Prabhjot Kaur of India International School (Third) and Raghavi Vishwanath of Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School School (Consolation). 



The four winners were awarded prizes by Ambassador Ajai Malhotra. The occasion also witnessed a recitation of their own poetic compositions in Hindi by Mrs. Maimuna Ali Chougle, President of the Writer’s Forum, Mrs. Rani Gobind Sethi, Dr Mrs. Navneet Gandhi, Mr. Amer Diwan, and Mr. Umesh Sharma, as well as Mr. B.S. Bisht and Mr. V.K. Sharma of the Indian Embassy. The proceedings were ably conducted by Mrs. Anju Dheman, Principal of Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School, and were followed by refreshments for the approximately 120 participants. Some photos of the January 10 event follow.
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