Harvard, Princeton and Columbia are all set for a debate on the theme
of "Higher education is not worth it" -- in Hindi!
The fourth edition of the Yale Hindi Debate that has grown into a
national event since its start in 2008 as an internal Yale competition
will have two rounds; a preliminary on March 30 and the final one on
the Yale University campus on April 6.
A platform for students to debate issues of social, economic, and
political relevance, the debate also witnesses participation of
students and faculty from Pennsylvania, New York, Cornell, Wellesley,
California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Welseyan, and Texas universities.
The annual Yale Hindi Debate was conceptualised and founded by Nikhil
Sud, a 2006 graduate of St. Columba's School in New Delhi and a 2010
graduate of Yale College who is now studying at the Yale Law School,
regarded as the top law school in the US.
He was encouraged and guided by Seema Khurana, senior lector for Hindi
and South Asian Studies at Yale University.
The Yale Hindi Debate has truly emerged as one of the most significant
efforts of the Yale India Initiative and the growth of South Asian
studies in the US.
This is reflected in the remarkable diversity of the participants.
Debaters are not only native Hindi speakers. There are also a striking
number of non-native heritage speakers, and non-native non-heritage
speakers.
Topics from past years include (translations): "Patriotism is No
Longer Relevant" (2009), "Religion is More Divisive than Unifying"
(2010), and "Marriage is a Dying Institution" (2011). IANS
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