Fw: [Shakti-L: 13046] Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand

January 19, 2010

B.C.VENKATAKRISHNAN

----- Forwarded Message ----Ram Sharma <ramkaransharmashakti-l (AT) googl (DOT) comSent: Mon, January 18, 2010 8:52:31 PMRe: [shakti-L: 13046] Sanskrit is second official language in UttarakhandOn behalf of International Association of Sanskrit Studies,Mandakini Sanskrit Vidvat pariSHad and the entire world Sanskrit Community I convey our grateful thanks and also heartiest congratulations to the present Government of Uttarakhand includind His Excellency Governor ,AadaraNiiya Mukhyamantri Ji his council of Ministers both Houses of Legislature and also all ladies and gentlemen of Uttarakhand favour of their

placing an ideal example of the strength of Unity symbolized by Sanskrit.Long live Sanskrit! Long live Bharat!Ram Karan sharma--- On Sat, 1/16/10, Sudhir-Architect <arsudhirkumar wrote:> Sudhir-Architect <arsudhirkumar> [shakti-L: 13027] Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand> > Saturday, January 16, 2010, 4:44 PM> Sanskrit is second official language in> Uttarakhand> By Ravindra Saini > > > It> is a great irony that in India, 18 states have made Urdu> their second> official language under the appeasement policy but for the> first time> the Uttarakhand government took the right decision

by> declaring> Sanskrit the second official language. -KS Sudarshan,> former RSS> Sarsanghachalak > Against the mad race among certain states declaring> Urdu as second official language, Uttarakhand became the> first State in> the country to declare Sanskrit as second official> language. The State> Assembly passed a Bill to this effect recently. Now, it is> hoped that> the much-neglected language would flourish in the State. > > It is a well known fact that Sanskrit is a very> scientific language and even many words of English have> been taken from> Sanskrit. Uttarakhand has long association with Sanskrit as> many great> Sanskrit scholars belong to this region. Kalidasa was born> in> Uttarakhand at Kavitha and by his writings he not only> established his> reputation as one of the all

time great playwright, but> also> contributed towards promotion of Sanskrit also as Devvani.> > > > Thanks & Regards,> > > > > Sudhir Srinivasan> B.Arch, Dip.ID, Dip.CAD,> Dip.PM, AIIA, IIID, ARIAI> > | Architect | > > > > -- > To post to this group, send email to shakti-l (AT) googl (DOT) com>