Without Sanskrit, India will not be India, says Kerala Governor

Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan has said that Sanskrit was the binding force behind the survival of the Indian culture and civilisation for centuries. He addressed the inaugural session of the three-day ‘Samskrita Samunmesha’, the National Sanskrit Convention organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Culture, Sahitya Akademi and Mysuru-based Samskriti Foundation, at the National Sanskrit University (NSU) campus here on Wednesday. New Language Policy adopted by the CBSE at the senior secondary level poses a threat to Sanskrit and regional languages in the country, opines speakers at the three-day National Sanskrit Convention.

Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan has said that Sanskrit was the binding force behind the survival of the Indian culture and civilisation for centuries.

He addressed the inaugural session of the three-day ‘Samskrita Samunmesha’, the National Sanskrit Convention organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Culture, Sahitya Akademi and Mysuru-based Samskriti Foundation, at the National Sanskrit University (NSU) campus here on Wednesday.

Mr. Khan quoted Puranas to explain how the Indian knowledge system believed in the equality of all living beings. “Without Sanskrit, India will not be India,” he asserted.

Mr. Khan called the establishment of four monasteries by Adi Shankaracharya across the Indian sub-continent a well-thought-of move to bind the nation culturally and spiritually.

“Shankaracharya founded four Mutts in the four corners of the sub-continent to ensure similarity in thought process. This awareness created by him perhaps made the task easy for Sardar Patel to unify the fragmented India that was a collection of 600 plus princely States,” he said.

NSU Chancellor and former Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami expressed concern over the Language Policy adopted by the CBSE at the senior secondary level. They found a lurking threat to the propagation of Sanskrit.