MUMBAI: It’s getting poetic on the occasion of Hindi Diwas that is celebrated nationally on 14 September annually. Hindi news channel News18 is quite kicked up about presenting a special show Mujhe Chaand Chahiye at 6 pm on 9 and 10 September which commemorates the Hindi language propagation occasion.

The format of the  programme is a Hasya Kavi Sammelan  and it will feature famous poet Gopaldas Neeraj along with some renowned Hindi journalists, Hindi literate and poets like  Kumar Vishwas, Navneet Hullad Moradabadi, Waheed Naqvi, Shambhu Shikhar, Anamika Amber Jain, Ramkripal Singh and Sheshnarayan Singh.

Mujhe Chaand Chahiye  will be dedicated to Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee Gopaldas Neeraj, who has not only contributed to Hindi as a language but has also written several poems and songs, which have been used in famous Hindi movies.

The bards will also recite satirical verses on the plight of Hindi language.

Apart from this, to enlarge the celebration of Hindi Diwas, News18 India is launching an initiative to bring back the use of Chandra Bindu  in relevant Hindi words from 14 September. This practice has been abandoned these days.