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Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 6:<\/strong> <\/span>While the holy thread of Raksha Bandhan binds brothers and sisters in a relation of care and love, another thread\u2014entwined in the literature of Devavani (the language of the gods)\u2014silently makes the cultural DNA of Bharat stronger. World Sanskrit Day, which comes every year on Shravan Purnima, is not merely an ode to a classical language\u2014it\u2019s a clarion call to bring back a civilisation\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n For more than 15 years now, \u2018Vishvasya Vrutantam\u2019, a Sanskrit newspaper based out of Surat, Gujarat, has remained a testament to that behest. At a time when online chatter swamps cultural complexity, this newspaper has elected against-the-grain articulation\u2014in Sanskrit.<\/p>\n To many, Sanskrit is a language locked in the sanctum of temples, fit for chants and rituals alone. But ask Shri Shivraj Jha \u201cShantey\u201d<\/strong>, the articulate editor of Vishvasya Vrutantam<\/em>, and he\u2019ll dismantle that perception with clarity:<\/p>\n \u201cSanskrit isn\u2019t just ritualistic. It\u2019s scientific. It\u2019s poetic. It\u2019s philosophical. It\u2019s precise. And above all, it\u2019s alive\u2014if we let it live.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The paper doesn\u2019t just report in Sanskrit. It speaks to today\u2019s reader\u2014whether it\u2019s politics, science, sports, or social movements, Vishvasya Vrutantam<\/em> presents it all in accessible, journalistic Sanskrit<\/strong>. That\u2019s not merely reportage; that\u2019s a revolution in disguise.<\/p>\n What began as a local initiative has grown into a global cultural bridge<\/strong>. With readers not just in India but also in Ireland, the US, and other parts of Europe, the publication has carved a niche in unexpected places.<\/p>\n Ireland, for instance, has introduced Sanskrit in some of its primary schools\u2014something India might do well to emulate more ambitiously. The irony is not lost: as the West rediscovers Indic wisdom systems, Indians often regard Sanskrit as \u201ctoo difficult\u201d or \u201coutdated.\u201d<\/p>\n At the heart of this unique media venture is Murtaza Khambhatwala<\/strong>, the publisher who believed that Sanskrit deserved its place on breakfast tables, just like English or Hindi. For him, the decision was simple:<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can publish dailies in dozens of Indian languages, why should Sanskrit remain sidelined\u2014the very mother of them all?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Khambhatwala\u2019s vision isn\u2019t fuelled by nostalgia; it\u2019s a strategy to make Sanskrit visible, usable, and modern<\/strong>. The publication circulates digitally to hundreds of readers, offers simplified sentence structures, and makes room for contemporary content\u2014all while upholding linguistic purity.<\/p>\n In 2019, the Gujarat edition of the Sanskrit Bharati convention witnessed the Vishvasya Vrutantam team being honored by the Chief Minister himself. It was not just a token gesture\u2014it was an institutional recognition of a movement that was grassroots in nature.<\/p>\n The journal has documented more than 600 key events in Sanskrit such as cultural events like the Prayagraj Mahakumbh, government schemes, and educational reforms in Uttar Pradesh. Symbolically, these articles were handed over in the form of a book to CM Yogi Adityanath, further strengthening the position of Sanskrit not merely in tradition but also in governance and communication.<\/p>\n With the New Education Policy (NEP) giving Sanskrit a renewed place in school curricula, the need for day-to-day content in the language<\/strong> is now greater than ever. Textbooks alone won\u2019t breathe life into Sanskrit\u2014it needs conversational, contemporary use<\/strong>, which this newspaper supplies with consistency.<\/p>\n What Vishvasya Vrutantam<\/em> is doing is something few institutions have managed: normalising Sanskrit<\/strong>. Not just for ceremonies or slogans, but for analysis, interviews, editorials, and even advertisements.<\/p>\n If Sanskrit is to reassert itself as the foundation of Indian intellectual life, it needs to become a contemporary language, not a retro one. That implies pulling it out of upper-class seminars and putting it into WhatsApp groups, newspaper columns, YouTube interviews, and podcasts.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s precisely what Vishvasya Vrutantam is planning. With new audio editions, mobile-friendly editions, and content for learners of Sanskrit, this is not a book\u2014it\u2019s a movement of the people, a people\u2019s language movement.<\/p>\n On this World Sanskrit Day, while India balances between fast modernisation and rediscovery of culture, the need for Sanskrit is no longer a point of argument. It is the tongue of Ayurveda, of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, of mathematics of Bhaskaracharya, of drama of Kalidasa, and of a thousand-year-old civilizational dialogue.<\/p>\n Sanskrit is not merely a language, it is the operating system of Indic wisdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n And in Surat, a small but mighty team of journalists is making sure that operating system stays updated\u2014daily.<\/p>\n To forget Sanskrit is to forget the DNA of Bharat. But to revive it, we don\u2019t need revolutions. We need routines. This World Sanskrit Day,<\/strong> let the word resound in every Indian household: \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924\u0902 \u091c\u0940\u0935\u0924\u093f \u2014 Sanskrit Lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 6: While the holy thread of Raksha Bandhan binds brothers and sisters in a relation of care and love, another thread\u2014entwined in the literature of Devavani […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_rishi_post_view_count":90},"categories":[9],"tags":[674],"class_list":["post-56082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-pressrelease","rishi-post"],"rishi__cb_customizer_meta":"","comments_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sanskrit: More Than a Sacred Script<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From Surat to the World: The Quiet Expansion<\/strong><\/h4>\n
A Publisher\u2019s Mission<\/h4>\n
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The State\u2019s Acknowledgment<\/h4>\n
Not Just for Classrooms\u2014For Conversations<\/h4>\n
The Everyday Test: Will We Use It or Just Praise It?<\/h4>\n
The Script of a Civilization, Still Being Written<\/h4>\n
And So, the Pen Returns to Sanskrit<\/h4>\n
\nNewspapers such as Vishvasya Vrutantam are demonstrating that Sanskrit journalism is no novelty\u2014it is a need.<\/p>\n