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Namaskar Mitra,

 

Whenever I have met foreigners or the English educated elite of India they say '

India is a complex country, it has so many languages and dialects'. Their words

have always foxed me, are we so complex?. And the recent controversy on

learning of Sanskrit. I remember Barkha Dutt of Star News asking a Punjabi

Sardar women whether she would learn Sanskrit. Obviously the innocent lady saw

no connection between modern day Punjabi and Sanskrit. Recent events goaded me

to reading about the origin of Indian languages and the Central Idea behind

them. Having read about seven Indian languages I realized the impact of

Sanskrit on them. What is Life without sharing? Knowledge and Wealth is what we

shall leave behind, it is only our Karmas that we will take on our next journey.

Here are the first three articles on Indian languages.

 

1. Sanskrit - The article starts with the words of Sri Aurobindo on why

must we know Sanskrit followed by an ' Introduction on Development of Indian

languages by Shri K M Munshi' and Scientific Literature in Sanskrit after

which follows the development of language and literature over 11 periods

starting from the Vedic period to 1947.

http://esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid=499&sid=9000

 

2. Hindi - The article starts with the development of regional Prakrits

500 a.d. followed by Modern day Regional languages 1000 a.d., developments in

Hindi from 1300 to 1947 and lastly the Scripts in use in India.

http://esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid=513&sid=9001

 

3. Punjabi - The article tells you its origin and growth and its

development from 1300 to 1947 a.d. It covers the Pre-Nanak period, compilation

of Adi-Granth Sahib, how sayings of certain Sufi saints got into the Holy Book

and writings of my hero Guru Govind Singhji.

http://esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid=523&sid=9003

 

Happy Reading, With Prem and Om

sanjeev

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