Conversations in Sanskrit echo across Dashashwamedh Ghat, Kashi
It is said that Sanskrit said to be the language of the Gods (Devvani) is a very simple and easy language. Conversing in Sanskrit gives a very pleasant feeling in…
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Sanskrit set to become lingua franca of this Thiruvananthapuram locality
If you order ‘Mashavadakam’ in Mani’s tea shop at Karamana in Thiruvananthapuram, you will get a discount of Re 1 from the the actual price of Rs 5 for the…
How learning Sanskrit literally expands and improves the brain
Dr. James Hartzell studied Sanskrit and India studies at Harvard and Columbia University. He then went on to do cognitive neuroscience research at the University of Trento (Italy). His work…
Satyanarayana Dasa Babaji: Exemplary Vaishnava scholar
Dr. Shri Satyanaraya Dasa Babaji is a Vaishnava scholar and practitioner of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya and is based in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. He is the founder, Jiva Institute of…
Padmashri Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya: the end of an era
On Sunday, December 13, the well-known scholar Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya, a Samskrita scholar departed to his heavenly abode. He left his material body because of age related issues and accompanying…
Sanskrit oath taking in New Zealand Parliament
Dr. Gaurav Sharma, first-time and one of the youngest Members of New Zealand Parliament representing the Hamilton West constituency, made the Hindu and Maori communities very proud when he took…
The case for Sanskrit non-translatables: Antidote for Dharmic cultural genocide
Sanskrit Non-translatables: The importance of Sankritizing English is a pioneering initiative that seeks to counter dharmic cultural genocide by Sanskritizing English…
Lost in translation: The erosion of Sanskrit
Simplistic and inaccurate English translations of Sanskrit words trivialize dharmic concepts and is symptomatic of hegemonic Western Judeo-Christian paradigms. Sanskritisation of the English language is about protecting our dharma; it…
The Need for Sanskritising Hindi
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, last month speaking at a rally on Hindi Diwas, triggered a chain reaction from ultra-harbingers of diversity, when he insisted on promoting Hindi in nation….
Muslim induction has BHU stretching ‘secular’ charter to limits
Anyone with the slightest misgiving on the oft heard vociferation that Hindus are the worst enemies of Hindus need to updates themselves on the latest farce being enacted within the…