Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 SrI: Dear Sri Govindarajan : Yes , it indeed a sad day when University of Cambridge , UK closes the Sanskrit studies for pursuing crass commercialism . V.Sadagopan - govinda rajan kalidasa Cc: sanskrit-isg ; krishna priya ; yennappan (AT) computer (DOT) net ; Mukund swamin ; srihi (AT) vsnl (DOT) com ; csveera ; akshay gopal ; skrishnan66 (AT) (DOT) co.uk Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:35 AM Read this without fail and forward it. Cambridge honored Dr. Singh to close door on Sanskrit, Hindi Oct 12 2006 12:20PM Cambridge has finally closed the door on Sanskrit as a hallowed subject of undergraduate study, nearly one-and-a-half centuries after it first established a chair in the 3000 year old language. The Times of India sought - and received - confirmation of the university's decision within hours of Cambridge honouring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with a doctor of law degree, in what some scholars believe to be the most cynical form of "tactless academic marketing". Slap on MM cheek in Cambridge 1977 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language. Dr. Singh proudly spoke in English at the time of getting Doctorate Degree at Cambridge. If he has shame for National language Hindi, than he should use Punjabi in her speech. He and Sonia Gandhi knowingly to dishonor the Vandemataram remained absent on September 7, 2006when whole nation was singing Vandemataram as decided and instructed by the HRD Minister Arjun Singh on behalf of his Govt.. If we ourselves dishonor our language, our Sanskrit, our culture, our national song to honor others' then how can we expect from others. Smith, who has taught Sanskrit to Cambridge undergraduates for 22 years said the decision was "tactless" in its timing and skewed in its objectives. "They are doing this at a point of time when they are honouring Manmohan Singh, soliciting benefactions from wealthy Indian businessmen and seeking students from South Asia," he said. He said he had no new undergraduate students seeking to learn Sanskrit in this academic year, which began a week ago. Smith added with unconcealed anger at Cambridge and other Western universities' increasing propensity to run themselves as businesses that employ MBA-speak: "There are some subjects simply worth doing. This is a language that has been going 3,000 years and hasn't stopped yet. You cannot understand the culture of the Indian sub-continent and the world outside it without learning Sanskrit". Full report on this can be read at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2161235.cms "My Verdict: The new Mail is far superior..." - The Wall Street Journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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