In a significant decision, Assam government on Wednesday March 1st 2017, decided to make Sanskrit education mandatory in all the schools up to Class VIII.
Informing that the decision was taken in a cabinet meeting, parliamentary affairs minister Shri Chandra Mohan Patoway announced that cabinet has also decided to appoint a special teacher to monitor cleanliness at all high schools in the state.
The minister said that the appointment of these teachers will be in accordance with the Swachh Bharat Mission guidelines. Meanwhile, the decision to make Sanskrit mandatory was widely welcomed by RSS and Assam Sanskrit Sahitya Sabha.
The Sabha said, “The Assam government’s decision to make Sanskrit compulsory in the schools will prevent western impact on state’s culture.”
Source: Deccan Chronicle.
What a beautiful thing to happen.
‘Sudharma’ has been published for 47 years and even has an e-paper, but its fortunes are declining
India’s ‘sole surviving Sanskrit daily,’ Sudharma, with its mix of political, civic, sports and culture coverage is waging a struggle to stay afloat as costs rise and advertisement revenue shrinks.
Reaching 3,000 print subscribers by post, the two-pager with a 47-year publishing history also has a ten-year old electronic paper version that reaches 1.5 lakh readers internationally, but fetches no revenues.
K.V. Sampath Kumar, the Editor seen in the above picture, who hails from Mysuru where the newspaper is based, describes the publication effort as an “everyday battle for survival.”
“I don’t have the heart to close it down, and with generous hands I hope to continue the world’s only Sanskrit newspaper and see it roll off my offset machine daily,” says Mr. Kumar.
Government subsidy and advertisement earnings are insufficient and the two dozen Sanskrit Universities and Academies do not provide much support. Central and State advertisements, too, are few. “Even a no-profit, no-loss model is shaky,” the Editor says.
The annual Rs. 18 lakh budget needs a stable revenue stream. Former Bihar Governor Rama Jois helped make an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh for grants. Sudharma’s core readers are in Sanskrit Vidyapeeths, academies, Kendriya Vidyalayas and public libraries in States ranging from Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala.
“I am going to print Sanskrit kritis of Indian composers with meanings in Sudharma. Perhaps that will get musicians to subscribe,” says Mr. Kumar, 59, who performs an all-in-one role : from reporter to Editor and Publisher.
Founding Editor Pandit K.N. Varadaraja Iyengar (seen in the picture) wanted to “resurrect a language considered to be inactive in public life.”
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Source: The Hindu
The Paper was founded on July 14th in 1970.
The ePaper's website is sudharma.epapertoday.com and their website is sudharmasanskritdaily.in
Subscription is just Rs. 300 per year. Those interested to help please contact the Editor at this address.
Address:- Sudharma Sanskrit Daily Editor: Sri KV Sampath Kumar No. 561, 2nd cross, Ramachandra Agrahara, Mysore – 570 004 Karnataka India Phone: 0821-244-2835
