It is easier to know and understand our nature and environment in our own language. In this our centuries-old folk values and indigenous wisdom speak. Hindu College In the program ‘Know Plants in Hindi’, Professor of Botany, Prof. Kuldeep Kumar Kaul said that the Hindu College campus spread over about fifty acres has a wealth of flora, where many varieties of trees and plants of about twenty-five main plant species are found. are available. Prof. Kaul told the students about the trees commonly found across India: Mango, Acacia, Neem, Peepal and Banyan.
It is important to know about plants
Prof. Kuldeep Kumar Kaul gave information about the botanical names of many lesser known trees and plants as well as their popular nouns in Hindi and folk languages. Prof. Kaul said that it is very important to know and identify plants properly because with them we can sometimes save our lives in emergency situations. In the program, senior teacher of Hindi Department, Prof. Vimalendu Tirthankar, while mentioning the flower bearing plants and trees mentioned in Hindi literature like Kachnar, Champa, Kaner, Harsingar and Amaltas, said that there are heart-touching descriptions of plants in the entire Indian literature. Giving the example of great poet Kalidas’s play ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam’, Dr. Tirthankar said that not only the animals and birds but also the plants were sad and inconsolable on the departure of Shakuntala.
Know the plants in Hindi program
Earlier, Principal of the college, Prof. Anju Srivastava announced the launch of ‘Know Plants in Hindi’ program in the college and sent off the group of students. Prof. Srivastava said that our language strengthens our values and we are able to understand our culture properly. Many teachers including Hindi department professor Dr. Rameshwar Rai, college treasurer Varunendra Rawat, Dr. Talim Akhtar, Dr. Arvind Kumar Sambal were present in the event. Students of Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Political Science, Chemistry and Botany and other subjects were also present in the team. In the end, Dr. Pallav, in-charge of the convenor Hindi department, expressed his gratitude to everyone. This information was given by Jaswinder Singh of Hindi Department of Hindu College, Delhi.