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Readers’ comments: On Gaza, why should Indians show solidarity when no one supported us?
Scroll
· Oct 23, 2024 · 03:30 pm
Mother Tamil, father Sanskrit: The influence of Dravidian culture on Sanskrit
Srinivas Reddy
· Oct 19, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Poet and filmmaker Gulzar, and Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya win 2023 Jnanpith Award
Scroll Staff
· Feb 20, 2024 · 10:36 am
‘I shall speak of the lineage of the Raghus’: Kalidasa’s Raghuvamsa from the Murty Classical Library
Kalidasa Dominic Goodall Harunaga Isaacson Csaba Dez
· Jan 08, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Can modern poetic techniques be used to translate the Bhagavad Gita?
Mani Rao
· Nov 22, 2023 · 08:30 am
Hindi Day: The many, varying ideas of India’s ‘national’ language
Prachi Gupta
· Sep 14, 2023 · 07:30 am
In Sanskrit plays, paradise is always lost, but the attempt to regain it never ends
Shashi Deshpande
· Aug 12, 2023 · 08:30 am
‘My intention is to be as authentic as possible to what Veda Vyasa said’: Translator Bibek Debroy
Avik Chanda
· Apr 01, 2023 · 09:20 am
How an Indian student made Sanskrit’s ‘language machine’ work for the first time in 2,500 years
Tom Almeroth-Williams
· Dec 15, 2022 · 07:30 pm
A new translation of ‘Saundarya Lahari’ has revived the ancient Sanskrit text for modern readers
Mani Rao
· Oct 14, 2022 · 08:30 am
Did you know that writer’s block has a 5,000-year history?
Joyce Kinkead, The Conversation
· Oct 13, 2022 · 05:30 pm
Watch: At Varanasi airport, announcements are being made in Sanskrit
Scroll Staff
· Jun 20, 2022 · 12:00 pm
In her new book, Audrey Truschke examines Sanskrit works on India’s Muslim history
Audrey Truschke
· Feb 04, 2021 · 08:30 am
Weekend Quiz: Which 4th-century epic Sanskrit drama does this mural portray?
The Heritage Lab
· Dec 12, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Two student leaders from Manipur arrested in Delhi for ‘spreading communal hatred’
Scroll Staff
· Dec 11, 2020 · 02:55 pm
Weekend Quiz: Which medieval poet wrote ‘Sur Sagar’, a poem about Lord Krishna?
The Heritage Lab
· Oct 31, 2020 · 03:30 pm
Weekend Quiz: Which of the five Mahakavyas tells the story of the birth of Shiva’s son Kartikeya?
The Heritage Lab
· Oct 17, 2020 · 03:30 pm
In ‘The Meaning of India’, Raja Rao offers an ‘Indian’ theory of how words and language work
Raja Rao
· May 11, 2020 · 08:30 am
RPSC 2018 Sanskrit Sr. Teacher exam final result declared at rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in
Scroll Staff
· Feb 28, 2020 · 09:55 am
Uttarakhand: Railways to replace Urdu with Sanskrit on platform signboards
Scroll Staff
· Jan 19, 2020 · 08:22 pm
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