LUCKNOW, Jan. 10 -- To mark Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and World Hindi Day, a two-day international seminar on the theme 'Hindi of the Diaspora: The Diaspora of Hindi' was inaugurated on Friday. The event was jointly organised by the Department of Hindi and Modern Indian Languages, Lucknow University, the Global Girmitiya Council, Varanasi, and the Bharat Seva Trust, Varanasi. On the first day, the inaugural session was presided over by prof Manuka Khanna, vice-chancellor, Lucknow University, as Chairperson. Prof Arvind Mohan, dean of the Faculty of Arts, attended as the special guest, while Balamukund Pandey, national organising secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana, New Delhi, was the chief guest. Prof Surya Prasad Dixit, chairman of Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Wardha, and Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayagraj, stated that Lucknow University launched its first World Hindi course in 1989, which included a programme called Sugam Hindi for foreign students. "In today's world, migration has become a way to strengthen educational and political ties. Diaspora writing has generated diverse discourses. In Hindi literature, novels like Rehan Par Ragghu by Kashinath Singh, Antarvanshi by Usha Priyamvada, Aao Pepe Ghar Chalen by Prabha Khetan, and others portray migrant life," said Dixit. The discussion also emphasised the need to evaluate the quality of diaspora writing and foster connections between migrants and non-migrants. Dixit further highlighted the significant contributions of George Grierson, Father Camille Bulcke, Monier Williams, and Kamla Prasad Mishra to Hindi literature.Arvind Pandey of Global Girmitiya Council, Varanasi emphasised the need for research on Indian diaspora literature in the field of Hindi, while joining online, keynote speaker Shardanandan Harinandan from Netherlands explained the subtle differences between migrant Indians, non-migrant Indians, and Girmitiya Indians through the Bhojpuri Girmitiya discourse. Keynote speaker Anita Kapoor, President at Global Hindi Jyoti, California, USA, through family reminiscences, shared the struggles of migrant life....