Does India really have >more Sanskrit-speakers than English-speakers? No, absolutely not. Anecdotally, we’d all agree that the last ten years are likely to have seen a huge jump in the number of ...

Educationists across the world concur that primary education must be provided in the children's mother tongue, that is the first language. What then is the sense behind teaching Nepali children in ...

Notwithstanding their unprecedented economic exploitation in India, the British, at least during the early part of their rule, to an extent were responsible for researching into our ancient texts and ...

The Oxford University Press (OUP) on Friday announced the launch of a trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary to make the Sanskrit language accessible to learners across the globe. This aligns ...

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World Sanskrit Day, also recognized as International Sanskrit Day, Sanskrit Diwas, and Vishwa Samskrita Dinam, is commemorated on the occasion of Shravan Poornima, which corresponds to the full moon.