[lg policy] Sanskrit is a language which can be regarded as the real identity of India.
Harold Schiffman
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Sanskrit: The Real National Language Of India
October 15, 2010 by admin
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Sanskrit is a language which can be regarded as the real identity of India.
There is an urban superstition in India that Sanskrit is language of
Brahmins. On the contrary, Jains, and Buddhists created thousands of
high quality literature in Sanskrit. Even Virashaivism has faces of
Sanskrit in good quantity. Ancient roots and modern sprouts- this is
the real nature of Sanskrit. Modern Sanskrit is wonderful fusion
of ancient inspiration with fresh approach. Grammar, Philosophy,
religion, studies in classical literature, Ayurveda, novels, short
stories, lyrics, poems using ancient prosody- everything is created
afresh in Sanskrit even today. Like other Indian languages, the
authors of this language are being conferred awards.
The world of journalism is very well rooted in Sanskrit.
Sambhashana-sandesha and Sudharma these have been spreading the
modern Sanskrit fragrance all over the world. Enthusiasts are
contemplating to start an online Magazine in Sanskrit ! A publication
company namely Serene Woods has already published a humorous Sanskrit
work in E-book form! ‘‘So what? Sanskrit is one of the languages
surviving in India. Is it a matter of dance? ’’ You may ask. Yes.
Really. It is a matter of great pleasure that an ancient language not
only has modernity touch but also emerging as a powerful language
of India.
It is not considered language of any particular area or state. It is
nationwide. That means it does deserve having status as National
language of India. There is strong opposition now-a-days regarding
inclusion of this language in education. Self styled rationalists
are shouting with illogical arguments from their rooftops. ‘Sanskrit
is dead language. So, simply forget it. ’The ones who have read the
previous portions of this article don’t mingle with them.
At present, Government of India is for three language policy in
education in some states: Hindi, English and local language. It does
not apply to Tamilnadu and some states of Northern India! Two
language policy is prevailing there. By calling all the state
languages as local languages the government officials are insulting
all Indian languages, particularly Southern Indian languages. What
about Kannada which is more ancient than Hindi?
Is only colloquial majority enough to declare any language
national language? The Indians of southern part are tolerating Hindi
because of Hindi movies. You may have watched in the interviews that
all the heroes and heroines Hindi movies are good in English. So much
so they answer only in English being questioned in Hindi. In most
cases the interview programmes of Hindi super stars are conducted
only in English.
It is a fashion to quote Swami Dayanada Saraswathi among pro-Hindi
lobby. Dayananda Saraswathi had said that the Vedas shall be read by
every Indian. He also had said that Tulasi-Ramayana shall not be
studied. Purposely sidelining these two opinions of him, the
pro-Hindi arguers always try to take support from Dayananda’s
half-quoted sentence: Hindi shall be national language of India. One
may object Dayananda’s contradictory statements. Every Indian shall
study Vedas means every Indian shall know Vedic language and not
Hindi. If every Indian shall study Vedic language, why not classical
Sanskrit? Nobody shall study Tulasiramayan means nobody shall study
Hindi! If three language policy includes Sanskrit instead of Hindi,
every state of India will have common language policy in education.
The language with most ancient identity will be emerging as common
language of India.
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