By Lipi Mehta:
I never learned Sanskrit in school (or college) and today, I am wondering if I really missed out on anything. I am saying this because HRD Minister Smriti Irani recently put forth a request to IITs to teach Sanskrit, a move that brought forward many, many mixed responses. According to Irani, this will help “facilitate the study of science and technology as reflected in Sanskrit literature”. Today, IIT Delhi’s director agreed, saying that it would be useful for tech students to learn the language to better understand scientific technology used ages ago. On Twitter, the hashtag #SanskritAndScience began trending with many users actually welcoming the move, stating how it could even be an amazing programming language! A user pointed out that the foundation texts of Ayurveda were written in Sanskrit, while others spoke about its use in philosophy, archaeology and cosmology, among other fields of learning.
However, there was also no dearth of tweets that questioned this move and took it apart hilariously. Do you think it makes sense to introduce Sanskrit at IITs? Read these and tweet your reaction to us: @YouthKiAwaaz
A Sanskrit Teacher Laughing at IIT Students who cannot write Newton's laws of motion in Sanskrit.(2016) pic.twitter.com/6eWQdUwLLB
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) April 26, 2016
Teaching Sanskrit in IITs is like teaching Nuclear Physics in an English Literature class – teaching a right thing at the wrong place
— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) April 26, 2016
Let me put it this way, Sir. You probably speak Sanskrit. Bill Gates almost certainly doesn't. https://t.co/sxFdIikSFx
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) April 27, 2016
One should understand Sanskrit is the only language which can compete with C++, Java, SOL, Python, Javascript…1/2 https://t.co/QhYq3PcuZy
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 26, 2016
All computers in India using languages like C+, Java, SOL, Python..should b declared antinational once IITians learn working in sanskrit.2/2
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 26, 2016
What is Thermodynamics called in Sanskrit?
— Krupakar Manukonda (@krupakar_m) April 26, 2016
You fools will never understand Smriti's foresight. When IITians invent time machine and travel back in time, they'll need to know Sanskrit.
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) April 25, 2016
Why are we the elite Indians so apologetic about students getting the lifetime opportunity to study our own beautiful language #Sanskrit?
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) April 26, 2016
Why not set up a college or university dedicated to Sanskrit? Or the Indian languages at large? pic.twitter.com/3CiVnb18XP
— IndiaExplained (@IndiaExplained) April 26, 2016
Imagine if Sanskrit would have been introduced earlier in IIT what could have been the title of 'Half Girlfriend' by Acharya Chetan Bhagat?
— Mak (@make_itpossible) April 27, 2016
A language taught in IITs can be there for max 2 semesters. How can you learn even basic level Sanskrit in 2 semester ? #SanskritAndScience
— PK (@rainy_leone) April 27, 2016
Krutika Katrat
Orchestrating 1 step further to saffronization of India.
pinaki mukherjee
you people don’t get the point..I think we should learn a bit of Sanskrit along with english. After all, sanskrit is the native indian and most scintific language.
Mrs. Irani said, in IIT there should be a course based on ancient indian science and technology which was mostly written in sanskrit. By the way, german , FRANCE and russia dont use english(use native language for research publications) but still they are first world country.