Tagged: Sanskrit

Simple Sanskrit and Great Ideas

Thanks to Sanjay for pointing me in the direction of this wonderful website. Practical Sanskrit: Simple Sanskrit, Great Ideas It is an effort by fellow-blogger Shashi Joshi. Well done, Shashi…and thank you on behalf...

Is no one thinking about our classical languages?

Excerpts from an article in The Hindu on how classical languages may forever be lost (emphasis mine) …I have been observing with extreme bemusement the debate over the classical status of Indian languages, since the issue...

Testing the limits of minority appeasement

From Minority rule in Andhra Pradesh by Dr T.H.Chowdary*, these extraordinary examples that probably test the limits of minority appeasement: On the 18th of Oct a number of Christian organizations under the leadership of Archbishop Rev....

Spot the H-word

Thanks to Sh Nachiketa Tiwari for spotting this and Sh Kak for emailing it to me. Although this is a fairly long excerpt from an exchange of emails re. learning Sanskrit, pl. try and read in full. It shows...

The ridiculous extremes of pseudo-secularism

Fellow blogger Varnam recently wrote two posts on how learning Sanskrit is now considered to be a “communal” activity and something that might put you at odds with the “secular” brigade. In the first one,...