Conversations. #90.
"Language Arts"
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Back in 2011, while visiting India, I met a friend. A Feminist, an environmentalist, a Communist, Bruce Springsteen fan... I was impressed. He seemed so idealistic.
Until one day he said that Sanskrit should be "scrapped." +
"Language Arts"
1/n
Back in 2011, while visiting India, I met a friend. A Feminist, an environmentalist, a Communist, Bruce Springsteen fan... I was impressed. He seemed so idealistic.
Until one day he said that Sanskrit should be "scrapped." +
https://twitter.com/sambitswaraj/status/1282491742810341377
2/n
"No one speaks it. Why do we need it?" he asked.
I wondered. Back in Cal State, while doing my 2nd UG, I had history professor who could speak Latin. Once she caught me translating an old Japanese poem into Hindi - I was writing in the margins of the book.
Intrigued she
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"No one speaks it. Why do we need it?" he asked.
I wondered. Back in Cal State, while doing my 2nd UG, I had history professor who could speak Latin. Once she caught me translating an old Japanese poem into Hindi - I was writing in the margins of the book.
Intrigued she
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3/n
asked: "Which language?"
We spent the next 15 minutes discussing Devanagri lipi, Hindi & then languages in general & the class ended.
I told my friend: "You don't understand! Some of us love languages. Why do you care if we continue the usage of these languages. No
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asked: "Which language?"
We spent the next 15 minutes discussing Devanagri lipi, Hindi & then languages in general & the class ended.
I told my friend: "You don't understand! Some of us love languages. Why do you care if we continue the usage of these languages. No
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4/n
one is forcing you."
But he kept shaking his head. No. Sanskrit must be retired.
Long story short, we are no longer friends.
THE END.
#Conversations
one is forcing you."
But he kept shaking his head. No. Sanskrit must be retired.
Long story short, we are no longer friends.
THE END.
#Conversations
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