Hello Dominik,

Just for your information, an appeal to declare Marathi as a classical language is already afoot, and the state of Maharashtra has appointed a committee to prepare such an appeal.  I have seen some reports of this committee, but I am not sure if there is a final version.  Shrikant Bahulkar and Maitreyee Deshpande from Pune are members of this committee, among others.

Madhav Deshpande


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:49 AM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com> wrote:
The Hindu reports today that Odia now joins Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam as an official "classical language" of India.
It would be nice if we could now look forward to the opening of many new departments of classics in Indian universities, and the appointment of professorships and lectureships to support the study of the Indian classics!  And an acceptance by banks, computer companies and other employers that a degree in classics is a valid and valuable education for any subsequent profession.

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Department of South Asia, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies,
University of Vienna,
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and
Adjunct Professor,
Division of Health and Humanities,
St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.






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