The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has ear marked 100 Crore for Aligarh Muslim University for their upcoming Centres in Murshidabad in West Bengal and Malappuram in Kerala and a whopping 200 Crore for Maulana Azad Education foundation.
While Aligarh University got 50 crore each for it’s two centres to promote Arabic and Islamic studies there were no mention about any funds to popularize Sanskrit. The discrimination is more visible when Pranab da earmarks only 10 crore for setting up Kolkata and Allahabad centres of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha.
Source: Haindava Keralam 28th Feb 2011
Nakeeran
March 1, 2011
no point in spending money on dead languages
संदीप नारायण शेळके
March 1, 2011
We have been following a campaign to popularize Sanskrit through blog and pamphlet distribution.
https://krishidesh.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/संस्कृत-तथा-संस्कृति/
Nakeeran
March 1, 2011
Why should the Govt waste money on a language that serves a few elite people and is in any case DEAD and about to be burried
rss s bengal
March 1, 2011
Samskrit has been the great unifying factor of India. Prayers like “Gange ca yamune caiva, Godavari sarasvati narmade sindhu kaveri, jalesmin sannidhin kuru”, and masterpieces such as the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Gita, in Samskrit have bonded India together.
Samskrit has been the vehicle of our culture and thought from time immemorial. Samskrit is the fountainhead of the Dharma, Sanskriti and Darshan of the land that is Bharat. Culture and language are inseparable. They go together. Hence, reviving Samskrit is rejuvenating our culture, rejuvenating our culture is reviving the Samskrit language. Other Indian languages are also cultural languages, but Samskrit is the common cultural language of the common man of India. Since other Indian languages are regional in nature, Samskrit is the Pan-Indian cultural language of India. Bringing Samskrit back to everyday life is bringing culture back to everyday life. Samskrit is inevitable to pass on – or transmit, communicate, or give – our cultural heritage to our next generation, and to ensure its continued passage from generation to generation. People say that they need rice, not paddy. Good. But if the husk is removed, then the paddy will not last long and it cannot be reproduced. Rice is culture, and the husk is Samskrit. Samskrit is the husk that protects and enables our culture to grow and nourish itself. Milk cannot be served without a cup. Culture is like milk, and Samskrit is the cup.
We need Samskrit today more than ever before to preserve our cultural moorings, to stay connected to our roots. It is the ‘anti-virus software’ to protect our ‘systems’ from external attacks/soft-threats. Samskrit is the best tool to engender the cultural renaissance of Bharat.
Samskrit is very much essential to understand the essence of our culture. Without Samskrit, we cannot understand the meanings of the names given to our people. Our practices, our Gods, our philosophical concepts, etc. There are no equivalents in English for words such as Punya, Abhishekam, Teertham, Naivedyam, Prasada, Dharma, etc.
Translation can rarely communicate the original meaning. Translation is translation. For example, the phrase ‘Herculean Task’ will be understood only by those who have studied English literature. The phrase can be explained, but it cannot be translated. In the same way, the translation of ‘Bhima Parakramam’, ‘Govardhana giridhari’, ‘Pitambaradasa’ in English will not be effective at all. Leave alone the unpublished works of Samskrit, not even the 1% of the published Samskrit literature has been translated into other languages. Mantra Shakti’ is the power of the Samskrit language, and translation cannot possess that Shakti. (Excerpts from “Why Samskrit?”, a book by Sri Chamu Krishna Sastri, Samskrita Bharati)
AUM saha naavavatu |
OM! May that Brahman protect us both (Teacher & Disciple);
saha naubhunaktu |
May that Brahman nourish us both;
sahaviirya.n karavaavahai |
May we work in harmony with great vigor;
tejasvi naavadhiitamastu |
May our study be illuminating and fruitful;
maa vidvishhaavahai ||
May we not hate each other.
AUM
Om..
shaa.ntiH shaa.ntiH
Peace, Peace..
shaa.ntiH ||
Peace.
Vishnu Sharma
March 1, 2011
@Nakeeran Sanskrit is need to prevent people to turn into moron like you.
Ravinder Jain
March 2, 2011
Dear Amit jain ji I am fully agree with you and also mention the week ness of our community.Our politician depend on vote bank.we are mineroty according to our hon supream court But Govt are cheating with our community.we have no political party.our some northen Jain think that whole community is rich we have no need of minerty sttus.
Thi is contiitnal matter.we have no political leader in each party.Bjp have give some political post in Mp .but this party is totally defend for only hiundu realigion.They have thier hidden agenda of RSS which they are doing action against minerty
K Kar
March 3, 2011
here i got some article in wikipedia: “Jain saint Acharya Tulsi has categorically asserted the Jains to be an integral part of Hindu society. In a statement released here, the Acharya asked the Jains to desist from any attempts to put them among minority communities. Hinduism is not a specific religion but refers to nationality or society, according to him.”
tandra
March 16, 2011
Though much is spoken about reviving the glory of Sanskrit, hardly any practical steps are taken to popularise it. Hindu apathy and indifference is responsible for suppressing the growth of Sanskrit language. Foreign languages like Arabic and Persian are thriving only because of the efforts of the Muslim leaders who spearhead campaigns to spread it. Hindus can learn a lot from the Muslims. Sanskrit can be popularised if we start a movement to ask Hindu business establishments, industries, commercial projects etc to have their nameboards and signboards to include the Sanskrit language. Devoted Hindus can easily do this, especially business establishments in Hindu temple towns can carry signboards in Sanskrit language. The Sanskrit presence can be publicised through such simple means.
D.Choudhari
April 6, 2011
I appriciate opinion of s bengal & tandra.