I can proudly say that I am extremely good in Hindi, says Saumya Tandon

The extremely down to earth Saumya Tandon who is also known as an actress with an immaculate and impeccable command over Hindi language spoke exclusively to Mid Day Online on the occasion of lsquoInternational Mother Language DayrsquoldquoHindi is my mother tongue and I can proudly say that I am extremely good in and with the Hindi languagerdquoHindi is my mother tongue and I can proudly say that I am extremely good in and with the Hindi language I attribute all of this to my upbringing The fact that I was brought up in a very literary environment which is a university campus in Ujjain Madhya Pradesh I was surrounded by all writers professors of various languages In fact one of our closest family friends was Shri Naresh Mehta a Jnanpith awardee Besides him there were many poets in my city like Shri Shivmangal Singh Suman Manu Bhandari and many many others Because of that kind of environment I had always been hearing beautiful and soulful Hindi and Hindi poetry all overAlso ReadI am always in awe of lsquoThe Iron Lady Of Indiarsquo says Saumya TandonldquoI used to be known as a child prodigy in my cityrdquoAnd that is also the reason why I started writing in Hindi at a very young age In fact I used to be known as a child prodigy in my city I used to go and recite poems on various radio stations One of the publishers had heard my poem in one of the sessions and they suggested that they were to publish an anthology of my selfcomposed poems The name of that book was lsquoMeri Bhaavnaayeinrsquo whose preface was written by Naresh Mehta Simple pieces and simple thoughts formed the crux of this book and also the poems Seeing my passion towards poetries my father had thought that it was my lifersquos true calling But unfortunately I did not take it ahead in my careerAlso Read Playing cooking and relaxing Saumya Tandons quarantine chronicles is all funldquoWhen I came to Mumbai I was very surprised to see many peoplersquos pronunciation of the Hindi language was just not up to the markrdquoWhen I came to Mumbai I was very surprised to see many peoplersquos pronunciation of the Hindi language was just not up to the mark The local colloquial language was very different in Mumbai I had a very perfect immaculate Hindi of which I was I am and will forever be very proud of In fact in our Hindi entertainment industry there are a very few people who have extremely good command over HindildquoI was a part of a child theatre group called lsquoAbbhigyaan ShakuntalamrdquoLooking back let me tell you that I was a part of a child theatre group called lsquoAbbhigyaan Shakuntalamrsquo and I did that play in two languages ndash Hindi and Sanskrit Even though the play was originally written in Sanskrit I translated it entirely in Hindi I feel very bad that Hindi literature is getting extinct in the sense that when you go to a bookstore one does not find a lot of Hindi books these days There are only a few people who are reading Hindi literature books which also includes meldquoI am joining hands with someone through which we are planning to bring back the gems of Hindi literature and will celebrate Hindi languagerdquoThatrsquos why I am joining hands with someone through which we are planning to bring back the gems of Hindi literature and will celebrate Hindi language We will be making the grand announcement very soon