Photocopy of front page of "Hindustan Times" August 15th 1947 issue

Source: http://blog.keralites.net/2012/05/awesome-nostalgic-pictures-of-india.html

Swami Vivekananda during the Mahasamadhi of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Source:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/shastrix/7171105294

This is a cartoon that I saw in Facebook and is very relevant for the ongoing Dubbing controversy in Kannada Film industry!

Surya Namaskar sculpture at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi

Is English, a dialect of Sanskrit!?

Source: http://vedicempire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=27

Contributed by Neil 'Kalia' Robinson

(Abstract of a Paper Presented at the World Assocaition for Vedic Studies (WAVES) Conference held at U of Mass. in Dartmouth, Mass.)

In western curriculum there is a tendency to exclude Sanskrit as a root to the English language. Numbers and alphabet are categorized as Roman or Arabic. There is however recognition of the Indo-Aryan or Indo European language group which Sanskrit is admittedly an elder member.

How important is the role of Sanskrit in regards to world languages and in this case English, possibly the most dominant language in the modern world? It is imperative to note that the English language, except for the current written alphabet, is as close to ancient Sanskrit as Hindi, Bengali or any other dialect from India. And yes, English numerals are Sanskrit not Arabic or Roman.