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maybe correlates with the rise of Indian Nationalism

• devnull3 4y ago
  I don't think so. Govt of India has been promoting Sanskrit (without much success) since many decades. There is/was even Sanskrit news. Now-a-days I can see "Weekly Sanskrit Magazine: Vaartavali" from national news Doordarshan [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmU3GXcuuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmU3GXcuuo
  • abc_lisper 4y ago
    Yep. National news was broadcast all over the country in Sanskrit language daily on Radio. Weekly on TV I think
  • treis 4y ago
    Modi seems to have given it more attention than before. And it does dovetail with his nationalist bent. It's a lot easier for practical and symbolic reasons to drive nationalism when everyone speaks the same language. A bit like how Israel adopted Hebrew.
  • cuteboy19 4y ago
    There are local radio stations broadcasting Sanskrit news for the past few decades at least
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