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A landmark in the recent history of the Sabha was the establishment of the National Hindi Research Library built at a cost of ₹ 8.5 million, with financial assistance from the Government of India. Another important landmark is the building of ‘Mahatma Gandhi Convocation Hall’ (Mahatma Gandhi Padavidan Mantap) exclusively for the use of ...
Classmate Ideas for India challenge plans to reach out to 2.5 million students across 30 cities, 500 schools and 200 colleges across the country. [3] The CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, WWF India, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Janaagraha and the Akshaya Patra Foundation among others are the program partners for the ...
Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1906 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [1] She has also been addressed as the modern Meera. [2]
Kedarnath Singh (7 July 1934 – 19 March 2018) was an Indian poet who wrote in Hindi. [1] He was also an eminent critic and essayist. He was awarded the Jnanpith Award (2013), Sahitya Akademi Award (1989) in Hindi for his poetry collection, Akaal Mein Saras (Cranes in Drought).
It is a collection of essays that discuss India's history and identity, focusing on the traditions of public debate and intellectual pluralism. Martha Nussbaum says the book "demonstrates the importance of public debate in Indian traditions generally." [1]: 47–48
Palampore – पालमपोर् (Hindi language) of Indian origin [70] was imported to the western world—notable England and Colonial America—from India. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] In 17th-century England these hand painted cotton fabrics influenced native crewel work design. [ 71 ]
The game of seven stones, which is one of the 75 games featured by Bharatiya Khel. Bharatiya Khel (Hindi: भारतीय खेल, transl. Indian Games) is an initiative of the Indian government under the National Education Policy (NEP) and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) policies to introduce 75 traditional Indian games into schools across the country.
A comparatively destitute country in 1951, [62] India has become a fast-growing major economy and a hub for information technology services; it has an expanding middle class. [63] Indian movies and music increasingly influence global culture. [64] India has reduced its poverty rate, though at the cost of increasing economic inequality. [65]