Watch: Bengaluru cab driver and passenger mesmerise social media users with fluent Sanskrit
When was the last time you saw two adults voluntarily hold a conversation in Sanskrit?
Sanskrit speaking cab driver in Bengaluru🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/2Kc5tRrnzU
— Girish Bharadwaja (@Girishvhp) June 11, 2019
In a video that thousands are marvelling at, a cab driver from Bengaluru is seen – and heard – conversing in fluent Sanskrit with a customer. The video was posted by a user named Girish Bharadwaja.
The cab driver had the conversation with the passenger in Sanskrit, answering questions about his name, where he learned the language, and so on. He also said that he has been speaking in Sanskrit for the last ten years.
The video generated multiple reactions on Twitter, with many people saying that they were proud of the cab driver.
How proud I am of You dear friend Cab driver ji ! You inspire me !
— dr.bharatbhardwaj (@Vrishnivansh) June 12, 2019
— Dewali Deb (@dewali_de) June 13, 2019
🙏to cab driver for our heritage and language skills
— MURALI (@MancheelaMurali) June 13, 2019
And many people were just happy to understand the conversation, proving that they had not completely forgotten the language they studied in school.
Wow...
— Anil P Joseph (@Anil4Joseph) June 12, 2019
I thought I had forgotten the language which I learnt in school for 5 years
I could understand the conversation!!!
Wow...I suddenly remembered what I learnt in school 3 years ago.... Happy that I could understand the conversation 😃
— Febin Joy (@Febinjoy111Joy) June 14, 2019