Railway officials have decided to replace the Urdu language with Sanskrit on all signboards at platforms. The signboards which have names of railway stations written in Hindi, English, and Urdu will now be written in Hindi, English, and Sanskrit.
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) students end their month-long protest, on Tuesday after Dr Feroz Khan resigned from Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan as assistant professor on Monday night. Khan, who was facing protests for his appointment as an assistant professor in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), has joined Sanskrit department of Arts faculty in the University.
"I was sitting in a classroom when some students barged in and started abusing me in foul language. They asked me to stop supporting a Muslim's appointment to the faculty.
"The Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan department should not be tinkered with as the appointment of any non-Hindu is against the established norms and tradition of the department,"
Vice president of the students' union Hamza Sufyan said: "The professor was appointed according to the UGC guidelines and discriminating him on the basis of religion reflects the mentality of the environment these students are exposed to."
The Sanskrit mantra, shared by Lady Gaga, encompasses the feeling of love and happiness towards the world. In simple words, it translates to "May all beings everywhere be free and happy".
RSS backed organisation Samskrita Bharati has said that Sanskrit was the unifying language of India which must be promoted by the Narendra Modi-led government at all levels across India.
In another reply to Lok Sabha earlier, the Minister had said that over 800 posts of teachers of the total 1,748 are lying vacant in Sanskrit universities and institutions funded by central and state governments.
Ramesh Pokhriyal said the government has launched a special drive to fill up vacancies and is currently engaging guest and part time faculty to meet the shortage.
More than 40 per cent seats for Sanskrit and Hindi at graduation level in the Lucknow University have been left vacant.
"There is an immense need for improvement in the field of education and Staria decided to answer the pain point of the masses by bridging the gap between parents, children and the institutions," Staria founder Ria Gupta said.
Not all languages have been prioritised as much as Sanskrit at the JNU. Last year, the Academic Council approved the conversion of the Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies into a full-fledged School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies.
From a very young age, Hayat Ullah Chaturvedi was fond of Sanskrit.
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