Spoken Sanskrit

[Maheswaran Nair]

Dear list,
I agree that Sanskrit teachers and students should surely learn to  
fluently communicate in Sanskrit. The present state (especialyy in  
Kerala)is deplorable.
Objection is against utilising Sanskrit for "other" purposes.  
Hindutvavadins have specific agenda behind popularising Sanskrit. They  
have brought out many books among which a small one entitled  
"Samskrtam vada aadhuniko bhava"(published from Aluva, Kerala)  
contains their sectarian approach.They consider Sanskrit only as the  
cultural language of India which is far from truth. They paste  
everywhere a poster which reads "Samskrtam bharatasya  
samskrtikabhasha". What about other Indian languages? Making use of  
Sanskrit in place of Ramakshetra for demolishing Babrimasjid is  
objectionable.
You know what happened in Gujarat. First the poster containing AUM was  
pasted in front of houses of Hindus as a distinguishing mark for the  
convenience of Hindu rioteers before "action". My humble doubt and  
fear is that Sanskrit will be used as a "marker" in the coming  
years.Let it not happen.
Regards
K.Maheswaran Nair

Quoting veeranarayana Pandurangi <veerankp at GMAIL.COM>:

> dear friends,
> it is too much imaginative to think that one day non sanskritists will be
> butchered. you can ask a typical communal riotist for example whether he has
> any distant knowledge of sanskrit or not.  No body of these riotors has sent
> his son or dauthter to study the sanskrit, I am sure. But many of these
> people make a big announcement on sanskrit, of course. but not the really
> related with it.
>
>
> on the contrary those spreading vilolence etc. have different mottos and the
> people spreading sanskrit awareness are from really other backgrounds,
> mostly from educational. even many people from other communities (christia
> etc) are also involved in this kind of creating awareness, many I know from
> kerala itself. The sanskrit education itself is for world peace and not for
> violence. those doing this kind of propogation get nothing in return
> (monitory or otherwise). they are working on the theme to cultural unitary
> identity of india just for there interest and nothing else.
>
> one more interesting fact is even sanskrit universities use the spoken
> sanskrit program to educate their first year students (from other
> background) in sanskrit in initial days. that makes them free to mingle with
> sanskrit students easily and understand the classes.
> veera