Sanskrit Language

Gained in translation: Why spending on learning Indian language makes sense

As companies seek to impress people in all parts of the country, there is a demand for expertise in local dialogue

Learning of Sanskrit is 'discouraged' in TN, regrets Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman regretted on Thursday that learning of Sanskrit is discouraged in Tamil Nadu. She said in her early schooling and going till college, learning Sanskrit was not easy at all because of the "political environment in which we lived." "And it's not as if I lived in a foreign country. I lived in Tamil Nadu. Sanskrit was discouraged and I think even today they discourage," Sitharaman said. In spite of that, she said her parents insisted and she found a good teacher and privately learnt Sanskrit "somewhat". "Learning Sanskrit or learning Hindi was not encouraged at all (in Tamil Nadu)..," the Minister said. Sitharaman was speaking at a function organised by 'Karnataka Samskrit University', on the occasion of Pre-graduate Convocation and 'Sanskrit week celebration'. She said she is very proud to know that Karnataka as a State is encouraging learning of Sanskrit. The Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka said she was very impressed to know that more t

Sanskrit teachers to be trained for online teaching in Uttar Pradesh

Sanskrit teachers in all government schools of Uttar Pradesh will be trained to take online teaching.

'Do you speak Sanskrit?': SC dismisses plea to make it national language

The Supreme Court refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking a declaration to make Sanskrit the national language of India

Implement recommendations of Sanskrit Commission set up by UPA: Minister

"Vedas are science, not books and the world can be benefited by the use of the knowledge contained in it," the minister said.

Origin of science, knowledge, mathematics rooted in Sanskrit: JP Nadda

Asserting that Sanskrit is intertwined with Indian culture, BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday that his party is a protector of the ancient language and is working to promote it. Addressing the 'Utkarsh Mahotsav' organised by the Central Sanskrit University, Nadda said the BJP ideologically stands with Sanskrit, and that the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave no effort to promote Indian traditions and culture. He claimed the origin of science, knowledge, mathematics and philosophy is rooted in the language. India is unmatched in the world due to its culture, Nadda said.

IIM-A stands behind new logo design despite opposition from faculty

The faculty has raised concerns on two new logo designs being approved without proper consultation

'Decoding' the Bhagavadgita

Book review of The Bhagavad Gita for Millennials

A timeless language

Science and technology may be able to do what the arts could not for Sanskrit

Nation proud: PM Modi on Indian-origin New Zealand MP's oath in Sanskrit

PM Modi hailed Indian-Origin New Zealand MP Dr Gaurav Sharma, who created history by becoming the first parliamentarian of Indian origin in the south Pacific nation to take oath in Sanskrit

On Sanskrit Day, PM thanks everyone involved in promoting, using language

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked everyone involved in promoting, teaching and using Sanskrit language

AIR to broadcast its first-ever 'News Magazine' programme in Sanskrit

The programme titled, 'Sanskrit Saptahiki', will air from Saturday onwards and will be of 20 minutes duration

Punyakoti: Old tale turned into 1st full length animation film in Sanskrit

Seven years ago, Ravishankar Venkateswaran heard a story from a colleague during a bus ride near Bengaluru. Obsessed with it, he released the film online on March 25, 2020 in US and Canada

We should not ignore Sanskrit's troubled history

Divest your resources so that these Universities can be run independently and professionally

The language of Delhi

Katyal, as his many fans would already know, also creates a queer map for Delhi

Uttarakhand stations to replace Urdu with Sanskrit on railway signboards

Sanskrit was made the second official language of Uttarakhand in 2010 during the chief ministership of Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

HRD minister tables Bill in Lok Sabha to set up central Sanskrit varsities

The three Sanskrit deemed universities that will be converted into central universities

Hyphenating language and religion: Protests push Sanskrit back into shell

The popular perception of Sanskrit being a language of religion has only become more entrenched by the protests at BHU, writes Amrita Singh

BHU row: Priyanka backs appointment of Muslim professor in Sanskrit dept

BSP president Mayawati too on Thursday blamed the government for the controversy, saying education and politics of religion or caste cannot be linked.

Book review: No clash of cultures in India during the Persianate age

Richard Eaton employs rich empirical detail to demonstrate that intellectual encounters between the Sanskrit and Persian worlds were not tied to any one religion and that the two were not hostile