Take Sanskrit out of its old ghettosSanskrit has been marginalized due to its ancient and religious associations. To revive it, Sanskrit should be modernized and included in s...
04 Mar, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
J-K trying to promote Sanskrit as per New Education Policy recommendations, says LG Manoj SinhaAddressing after laying the foundation stone for the new building of ChudamSanskrit Sansthan, at Basohli of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua dist...
20 Aug, 2021, 09.11 AM IST
View: The Scindia lesson - a democracy without democracy is no longer viableJyotiraditya Scindia’s defection has made many things clear, one of those being that the viability of this political system has reached its...
11 Mar, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
DU admissions expose sorry state of ancient Indian languagesAccording to Pankaj Mishra, an associate professor of Sanskrit at St Stephen's College, the diminishing interest in the language is due to ...
10 Jul, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi’s Manila visit in November to be big on historical, cultural tiesWhile Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand’s links are documented, it’s a little known fact that 400 Sanskrit words are still ...
18 Oct, 2017, 07.59 AM IST
Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presents Rs 2,350 crore deficit budgetAssam wants legislation to ensure that students of the State must be taught one local language as reflected in the 8th Schedule of the Cons...
07 Feb, 2017, 06.14 PM IST
Sanskrit newspapers dying due to lack of advertisers and patronageThe story is similar for over a dozen Sanskrit newspapers — often run by family members of the founder with limited staff and money.
30 Jul, 2016, 03.05 AM IST
Regional movies are the buzz at crowd-funding startup like Wishberry, KettoRegional movies are the buzz at crowd-funding startup Wishberry as well. It has two Bengali movies seeking funds — ‘Call of the Open Road’ ...
30 May, 2016, 04.04 AM IST
Don’t favour making any language compulsory in school, says panel for Sanskrit promotionThe committee, set up by the HRD ministry, said that all Sanskrit Pathsalas and Vedic Schools should be affiliated to some board.
05 Feb, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
For Sanjiv Saraf, rescuing Urdu from neglect and popularising it is his life's mission"Urdu was born here in India. It developed here. In no other country in the world do you have Urdu. There is so much of Hindi in Urdu," Sar...
27 Dec, 2015, 05.02 AM IST
Hindi, Urdu literature need to be digitised: AkhileshInformation about Hindi and Urdu literature and litterateurs should be transferred to the next generation in digital form, Uttar Pradesh CM...
23 Sep, 2015, 09.18 PM IST
University of Kashmir’s Sanskrit department struggles to find students; remains defunct since 1990This has been the story of department ever since militancy erupted in the Valley in 1990, changing the social situation in the state overni...
24 Jun, 2015, 03.45 AM IST
Sanskrit teachers hoping for 'acche din' under Modi governmentExperts, however, are skeptical of government-driven revivalist efforts, noting that Sanskrit, even at its peak, was never a mass language.
31 Dec, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to teach Sanskrit in Classes XI, XIIIn a communication sent to all Kendriya Vidyalayas, the KVS asked them to hire teachers on contract basis for teaching Sanskrit.
09 Dec, 2014, 11.24 AM IST
Tradition of Nalanda is firmly against divisiveness: Amartya SenAmartya Sen said that the revived university in Bihar will be unique and depend upon its "old glory" while it embarks upon its new journey.
16 Oct, 2014, 10.43 PM IST
Swedish retailer Ikea locks horns over brand name with Varanasi-based fabric maker EkayaIkea has objected to a Varanasi-based fabric maker’s brand name Ekaya on the grounds that it can create confusion among its customers
18 Aug, 2014, 08.49 AM IST
BJP chief claims English bad for India, triggers outrageBJP chief Rajnath Singh has stirred up a huge controversy with his comment that English has caused a great loss to India by eroding its cul...
20 Jul, 2013, 06.37 AM IST