patna eminent littrateur and goa governor mridula sinha who hails from bihar on saturday called for a change in mindset if hindi was to progress she was addressing a meeting of patna university pu teachers and students organized at patna college seminar hall here on saturday on the eve of hindi diwas speaking on growing impact of hindi as a global language sinha regretted that while hindi is gaining ground in different parts of the globe and is likely to become a language of the united nations it is being ignored in its own land she recalled how a maid in motihari requested her to teach english to her daughter she said it has become a fashion among the educated parents nowadays to talk to their children in english how would hindi progress if we do not change our mindset just celebrating hindi diwas for a day would not cut much ice as far as popularity of hindi is concerned she said the goa governor pointed out hindi was fast making inroads into the technological world with its increasing use in computers and mobile phones days are not far off when it would be recognized as a leading medium of communication worldwide she added she said she is deeply rooted to her soil even though she has visited different parts of india and the world she never forgets her own culture and tradition pu vicechancellor y c simhadri delivered his presidential remarks in hindi perhaps for the first time after becoming the vc and pleaded for developing hindi as a link language hindi could easily connect the people of different linguistic states he said at the outset patna college principal nawal kishore chaudhary welcomed the guests and introduced the chief guest pu provc ranjit kumar verma pu hindi department former head amar kumar singh pu womens studies course coordinator padma lata thakur pu registrar s k srivastava patna college teachers shardendu kumar and tarun kumar and arvind mahila college teacher shiv narain singh also addressed the meeting