Gandhiji On Hindustani as National Language


 

It is quite correct that you should write in Hindustani. All our dealings should be in Hindustani, not in Hindi or Urdu. Hence I would not regard the expression 'nirvachit  which has been used in the resolution that we have passed, as Hindustani. There must be a simpler equivalent for it. If 'nirvachit' means 'one who has been elected' why can't we say 'chuna hua'? This is only by way of an illustration. Why should the constitution of our organisation be in English. It should be in beautiful Hindustani. Even now we should have it rendered into

 

URDU Programmes on Doordarshan

TV Kendra

Total Programme
duration per week

Urdu Programme
duration per week

Delhi

22 hours

30 minutes

Lucknow

18-1/2 hours

30 minutes

Jalandhar

18-1/2 hours

30 minutes

Jaipur

13 hours

30 minutes

Srinagar

19 hours

3 hours

Calcutta

22-1/2 hours

NIL

Bhubaneswar

12-1/2 hours

NIL

Patna

5 hours

NIL

Mumbai

24 hours

30 minutes

Ahmedabad

21-1/2 hours

NIL

Bhopal

7 hours

NIL

Madras

24-1/2 hours

NIL

Hyderabad

24 hours

30 minutes

Bangalore

22-1/2 hours

30 minutes

Trivandrum

22/25 hours

NIL

North East

55 hours

NIL

Gauhati

14 hours

NIL

Total

294 hours

6-1/2 hours





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