For the first time since Partition, a university in Pakistan is teaching Sanskrit. It started as sociology professor Shahid Rasheed’s passion project—‘languages build bridges’
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's comment draws sharp reactions; BJP says it has 'crossed all limits of decency', Congress distances itself from comment.
Aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, the Gujarat State Sanskrit Board will organise a 3-day celebration from 6 to 8 August, announced the chief minister's office Monday.
The 3-language formula envisaged under NEP 2020 recommends students learn 3 languages, at least 2 of which must be native to India. Formula applies to govt as well as pvt schools.
A panel discussion at the launch of Peggy Mohan’s book, ‘Father Tongue, Motherland’ traced the evolution of Indian languages from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the Mughal era.
‘This is a not-so-subtle warning by the Jamaat to the BNP that no future government can be run without taking it along,' Bangladeshi journalist Sahidul Hasan Khokon told ThePrint.
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
What days. Educated Pakistanis can consider Sanskrit and Sanatana the ‘soul of South Asia’, find Devanagari ‘so artistic [and] profound’, but Bharatiya mullah maulana class will forever deem it haram and even try hard to speak an Urdu without any Bharatiya traces (though it’s impossible).
Anyway happy to see the part of the world I am from embracing its heritage. Let’s hope for a Sanskritic revival and (inshallah) in the future, a Dharmic renaissance.
What days. Educated Pakistanis can consider Sanskrit and Sanatana the ‘soul of South Asia’, find Devanagari ‘so artistic [and] profound’, but Bharatiya mullah maulana class will forever deem it haram and even try hard to speak an Urdu without any Bharatiya traces (though it’s impossible).
Anyway happy to see the part of the world I am from embracing its heritage. Let’s hope for a Sanskritic revival and (inshallah) in the future, a Dharmic renaissance.