Tagged: Sanskrit

The Shameful Neglect of Sanskrit…

Yesterday, I mentioned how the language has been consistently disregarded and sometimes blatantly discriminated against by the powers that be – and promised to share some examples. Below are some instances of the step-motherly treatment...

Sanskrit as a National Language: Making the case

Yesterday, I shared with you some thoughts on why learning Sanskrit (& Devanagari) may actually have very significant benefits and why it should be part of the school curriculum. I concluded that part with...

Is Sanskrit really a “Indo-European” language?

Thanks to Dr Kalyananraman-ji for alerting me to this. In this  well-argued and researched essay titled, Colonial Constructs about Indian Languages, Shishir Thadani explains why there may be a lot more in common between...