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Global torchbearers of Hindi honoured
Monday September 24, 2012 06:31:25 PM,
IANS
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Johannesburg: One was from Italy, another from
Thailand and yet another from Russia... Twenty scholars from
across the world were honoured at the World Hindi Conference here
Monday for being torchbearers of the language.
Among those recognized at three day meet ending Monday was Marko
Jolly, who teaches at Ca Foscari university in Venice. An Italian,
Jolly also runs the Hindi learning centre, Santro Resource India.
"I was highly impressed with Hindi, so I trained in this language
and started to promote Hindi in Italy. In my university, every
year at least 30-40 students enrol in Hindi classes," Jolly told
IANS.
Bamrung Kham from Thailand, who also teaches Hindi at university
level, says the language is growing in popularity in his country.
He guides at least 30 undergraduate Hindi students.
Another Hindi lover is Katrina Balereeba Dowbanya, who says that
her efforts to attract students towards the language in her
country Ukraine has paid dividends.
At least 25-30 students have completed their graduation in Hindi
from Ukraine University.
Amongst the other foreign Hindi scholars who were awarded at the
ninth edition of the conference were Peter Gerard Fredlander of
Australia, Sargai Serebriyani of Russia, Dagmar Markova of Czech
Republic, Sarita Budhu of Mauritius, Vanya Jarjiwa Gancheva of
Bulgaria, Bholanath Narayan of Surinam and K. Zabullah Fiqri of
Afganistan.
Eighteen Indian scholars were also honoured for their enriching
contribution in the promotion of Hindi.
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