Thursday, October 19, 2006

Cambridge closes door on Sanskrit, Hindi

oct 18th, 2006

i am not sure this is such a bad thing. after all, look at the havoc witzel is creating at harvard. but on the other hand, the study of sanskrit has been undermined to such an extent in india that practically nobody knows it now.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nagaraj

Hello Rajeev,

I came across this link on the TOI page pointing to the story that " Cambridge closes door on Sanskrit, Hindi".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2161235.cms

Thought you may want to post this on your blog.

Thanks and Regards,
- Nagaraj

1 comment:

iamfordemocracy said...

What a great opportunity, I would like to think. Just consider this...Crores of Rupees are collected by Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai. Crores by Thirupathi. There must be other temples and swamis collecting a lot of pledged money.. Can they not have two chairs and can they not make sure there are 5-10 students every year for the course? And yes, give 70% reservations here to OBCs and SC/STs. Education fully paid in Cambridge...Only it has to be Sanskrit and ancient Hindu tradition for four years!!

Will BJP do something about this?