On September 14 we have again celebrated the Hindi Divas and repeated our resolve to protect, preserve and promote good and standard Hindi,prevent her from deterioration and so on.People as usual tried to put blame on the system,academia,globalization,print & electronic media,growing misplaced popularity of English and many other aspects.
This is common experience that all over India and abroad Hindi as used in her multiple shades,does serve as a linkage between the people of Indian origin.People have taken to English for a purpose but certainly not forgotten their roots.
But how to prevent Hindi and also many other Indian languages spelled in the constitution is a thousand crores question.To me this is due to our growing obliviousness of the cardinal role played by Samskrit for ages ! She has been the mother and nourisher,she used to recreate,recast,reinvent,support and substantiate like a mega river system doing to it's branches spread in different directions assuming divergent natures and roles.
We have paid lip service to Sanskrit,we have been no less cruel to her than the invader and foreign rulers.No other language can ever match her potentials as the only scientific language on earth ! She still lives but under strained circumstances,but her soul has not eroded,her voice is free from signs of corruption ! She beckons us in the face and at the back.If we show the care she deserves,she can ensure longevity and quality to the daughter languages,cultural moorings and values which are so essential to humanity !
There is no antipathy between Hindi and Sanskrit.Hindi is our national official language,horizontally she makes us meet and speak heart to heart.Let Sanskrit connect us to the best ever in human knowledge and existence,that soulful living : sarvabhuutahite rataa.h !
By Samskrit coming to occupy a greater position in our society and lives,we shall know that we are a race of millenniums old,we shall be infinitely wise,we shall be spiritually united as we shall recognize that the rest of the world is organically related to us !
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