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The
objective of encouraging creation of original modern
literature is sought to be achieved through several
programmes, the most important being the Lokodaya
Granthamala. It has been the endeavour of the Jnanpith
to highlight the emerging talent whose writings
are generally ignored by commercial publishers.
Bharatiya Jnanpith can justifiably feel proud of
the fact that it has helped a number of writers,
who have acquired eminence today, in their formative
years.
The publication of contemporary literature is not
confined to Hindi alone. The Jnanpith has always
felt that our people should have access to the literature
of other languages, too. It is with this idea that
Jnanpith started Rashtrabharati Granthamala, which
publishes Hindi translations of works of Jnanpith
Laureates and other eminent writers of various Indian
lanugages. The Rashtrabharati Granthamala has published
so far 233 books translated into Hindi from : Urdu,
30; Marathi, 35; Bangla, 31; Oriya, 24; Kannada,
20 Gujarati, 11; Punjabi, 10; Malayalam, 10; Telugu,
9; English, 11; Assamese, 8; Tamil, 5; Sindhi, 2;
Maithili, 2; other lauguages, 25. The Granthamala
is thus not only making works of the best contemporary
Indian literarure accessible to the Hindi readers
but is also making its translation into other Indian
languages easier.
MOORTIDEVI
GRANTHMALA
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