Where on earth does a government recognise languages as classical? It happens only in India! But why? The plain answer is appeasing the linguistic and cultural sub-nationalities―an instance of ...

One of the recommendations of the committee is that Sanskrit will be offered at all levels of school and higher education as one of the optional languages on a par with all Schedule VIII languages [22 ...

They declared 'Tamil' to be the classical language based on its over-a-millennium-long history, valuable texts and literature, and originality. However, there had to be a team of experts to determine ...

Sanskrit is a language reveled for its complexity in many regards. It is grammatically very complex, has a rich phonemic library, and is considered to be one of the oldest documented languages in the ...

Jaipur (Telangana) [India], April 17 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla extolled the eternal essence of Sanskrit on Thursday, calling it not merely a classical language, but also a profound medium of ...

Announcing the programme on Sunday, academy chairman R.D. Wilson alias Sharath Chandra said the conclave would bring together ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s real intention is to impose Sanskrit and Hindi is only a facade, while highlighting a Hindustan ...

For the first time since the Partition of 1947, two universities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have introduced short courses in Sanskrit, citing the region’s shared cultural and historical heritage.

Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language, is making its way back to Pakistan classrooms for the first time since partition in 1947. According to a report by The Tribune, Lahore University of Management ...

The Infosys Prize 2025 in Humanities and Social Sciences was recently awarded to Professor Andrew Ollett, who teaches at the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of ...