Will develop Sanskrit in the country, says Smriti Irani in Varanasi ..
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani at the Sanskrit Ganga programme in Varanasi on Saturday.Union
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has come to the rescue
of Sanskrit language. Speaking at an event in Varanasi on Saturday, she
said: "I will leave no stone unturned to develop Sanskrit in the
country."Irani was addressing an event titled Sanskrit
Ganga organised by Sanskrit Bharati at the famous Assi Ghat. "The Centre
is committed in protecting the language. But a joint effort should be
made towards it," she added.
Praising the holy city for
preserving the language, Irani said, "The shashtra parampara (tradition
of religious discourse) and panditya parampara (tradition of scholarly
debates) of Varanasi must be preserved. The scholars here are an epitome
of tapodhan (the wealth of penance). I am here to take their
blessings."
The
minister had created a stir in November last year after she ordered the
removal of German as an optional language in Kendriya Vidyalayas. It is
believed that the decision was taken to establish Sanskrit as the third
language.
Echoing
similar thoughts as Irani's, former judge of the Allahabad High Court
Giridhar Malviya said, "Sanskrit is the language of ethics and good
manners. Those who speak it will never take the wrong path."
Earlier,
while addressing the National Medicos Organisation at the Banaras Hindu
University, Irani said, "Some people involved in the education system
have created a false notion across the world that India is a backward
nation. They have put a curtain on our glorious past. Pythagoras, the
famous mathematician had arrived on the banks of the Ganga where he met
Baudhayana, an Indian mathematician who had propounded the theories
before Pythagoras."
"A new policy will restore our glory.
Einstein had said that the world couldn't solve problems if India had
not given 'zero' and 'decimal', the minister claimed.
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