Ancient revival! Sanskrit language

 Ancient revival!🇩🇪

👉 In Germany, 14 of the top universities teach Sanskrit, classical & modern Indology compared to just four in the UK.

🔺Unable to cope with the flood of applications from around the world, the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, had to start a summer school in spoken Sanskrit in Switzerland, Italy and - believe it or not - India too.

🔺Apart from Germany, the majority of students come from the US, Italy, the UK and the rest of Europe.

🔺One of the professor said," Linking Sanskrit with religion and a certain political ideology was “stupid” and “detrimental to the cause” of its rich heritage.

🔺Dr. Michaels feels that instead of indulging in a political and religious debate, Indians should try to preserve their heritage.

🌍 The majority of Sanskrit scholars, including those at Harvard, California Berkeley and the UK, are Germans.

🔺Don’t we conserve a rare, old painting or sculpture? This is a live language…and rich cultural heritage which might become the casualty of neglect just as great civilisations like Hampi, the art of Ajanta and temples of Konark got buried in oblivion. It was up to the British to discover them later.

Sanskrit, along with its culture, philosophy and science might become similarly extinct,” he claimed, adding: “On the other hand, there is so much yet to discover through Sanskrit…details of Indus Valley civilisation, for example.”

👨‍🎓 Time for Indian universities to revive our language.

🇮🇳 According to 2018 census, there are 121 languages which are spoken by 10,000 or more people in India, which has a population of 121 crore.

Each & every Indian language is treasure in itself.

Good that New Education policy encourages local language.

Source: Daily mail UK /Indian Express

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3038926/Sanskrit-fever-grips-Germany-14-universities-teaching-India-s-ancient-language-struggle-meet-demand-students-clamour-courses.html

https://www.esamskriti.com/e/Culture/Indian-Culture/Relevance-of-Sanskrit-in-Modern-World-1.aspx