Govind Mishra gets Saraswati Samman 2013

Renowned Hindi author Govind Mishra was conferred the 'Saraswati Samman' for his novel "Dhool Paudhon Par" published in 2008 at a function here today.
Giving away the award, constituted by the K K Birla Foundation, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that it has been recognised as the highest literary award in India.
Referring to the earlier speech of Govind Mishra, Singh said that it was true that those who had not read the works of our litterateurs, they remain uneducated.
"The way science and technology can be found in different Indian languages, it can't be found in any other language in the world," he said while giving the example of Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty which many people thought was his original.

Singh said that Heisenberg's friend, an Australian scientist has written that when he was discussing the issue with Heisenberg and asked as to where did he get his theory's basic concept, he had replied that he had got it while discussing Vedant with Rabindra Nath Tagore, the Home Minister said.
Referring to the Booker award, Singh congratulated the Foundation for keeping the name of the award not on some person's name but on Goddess of knowledge - Saraswati who he said was the "goddess of creation".

Giving the example of how Google too is acknowledging the importance of Hindi as a language, he referred to the new Android One which the company had launched recently.

"Today Google too is feeling the importance of Hindi. They have developed a new software Android One. Hindi and Indian languages has everything. All Indian languages are sisters to each other.
"We talk of making India a superpower. But India will not become a superpower till the development is not related to India's soil and culture. Why is India considered as Vishwa Guru. It is because we have spiritual power," he said.