Samskrit is the language which needs no introduction. In the land of Bharata, it is the voice of soul and wisdom. It is the link that connects Bharata’s past and present. Sanskrit literature and language is a vast repository of knowledge encompassing all spheres of life like Science and Technology, astronomy and architecture, medicine and metallurgy, agriculture and sculpture, mathematics and management, economics and ecology.
During the Muslim invasion of Bharata, huge amount of literature and knowledge of Samskrit were burnt to ashes. Yet, even what remains now is still more vast and diverse than any other language on the Earth. In today’s globalised economy and in the present knowledge society, Bharata needs Samskrit more than ever before, to bridge the ancient and modern, to unravel the knowledge contained in the ancient texts, to protect our Intellectual Property Rights, to explore new avenues of innovations and to lead Bharata into the forefront of the knowledge driven society.
The efforts of Samskritha Bharati to make Samskrit as the communicative language instead of just remaining as the beloved and ornamental language should be highly appreciated. If Samskritha Bharati works hard to take samskrit to the houses of common people, the meticulous and strenuous efforts of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan in enriching people by providing Sanskrit literature and language at higher levels is to be equally appreciated.
The committee of MHRD suggests that it’s vested in the hands of Sanskrit scholars and not on the Governments. Teaching Sanskrit through Samskrit formed the crux of the recommendation. The committee is of the hope that the Sanskrit scholars will rise to the occasion and that the Government will play a supportive role.
One cannot deny the paradigm shift taking place in education globally. It is a known fact that globalization caused commercialization of Education in Bharata. Commercialising Education in Bharata gave strength to Macualay’s Education system which measured Education in terms of money. Since Childhood, we have been forced to believe, No English–No career–No future.
This paved the way to the decline of the Gurukula system. This also marked the downfall of Ayurveda and other traditional shastras. Here is where ‘raising to the occasion’ situation arises. The long-term MHRD committee recommendations emphasize that reviving Sanskrit Education implies reviving the value based living that people of Bharata lived earlier. The technique to eliminate the demerits of commercialization through commercialization could be well understood from the ‘Non-Greedy commercialization’ as practised by Swami Ramdev.
If you have an idea, and you want to bring that idea into function or fruition and make it a reality and not go just as a passing thought, then you have to take action that requires resources, manpower, capital, time and energy. All ideas require resources to actualize.
The MHRD has a lot of innovative ideas to revamp Sanskrit Education in Bharata. If those ideas should be actualized then commercialization becomes a necessary evil. It is through commercialisation that we could transform daydream to a vision. Commercialization helps to make money which in turn helps in the evolution of our culture and society.
The revival of Sanskrit Education is in a nascent stage. Most ideas and resources in Sanskrit Education sit on the shelf and do nothing. It is time that we turn our rich resources into a commercialised product. If not done now, it will become even harder to turn the resources into a profitable product. Let us not forget - No Revenue. No salaries. No employees. No investors and at last No Company!
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