Carmela Mastrangelo, a Sanskrit scholar from Italy, talks about the future of classical languages : Carmela Mastrangelo speaks English with a pronounced Italian accent. Her lecture on Sanskrit, her ‘favourite language,’ its grammar, history and its pedagogy, was in a typically western accent. But what strikes you is her passion for the language, an unflagging perseverance to master the language and her untiring research efforts. Always interested in languages, Carmela was introduced to Sanskrit during her post-graduation at the Sapienza University, Rome. “I did my MA in Indo-European Linguistics. I found that Latin and Greek, languages from Europe had close links to Sanskrit. They are like two faces of the same medal. Sanskrit is the Indian counterpart of Latin and Greek. This inspired me to probe deeper into the study of Sanskrit,” says Carmela, whose visits to Kerala have always thrown open research possibilities. Sanskrit and boxing Besides poring over ancient Sanskrit and Malay
Why does my child do Sanskrit? Why does my child do Sanskrit? by Rutger Kortenhorst [Rutger Kortenhorst, a Sanskrit teacher in John Scottus School in Dublin, speaks on the value of teaching Sanskrit to children, based on his own experience with the language.] Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, we are going to spend an hour together looking at the topic ‘Why does my child do Sanskrit in John Scottus?’ My bet is that at the end of the hour you will all have come to the conclusion that your children are indeed fortunate that this extraordinary subject is part of their curriculum. Firstly, let us look at Why Sanskrit for my child? We are the only school in Ireland doing this language, so this will need some explaining. There are another 8 JSS-type schools around the world that have made the same decision to include Sanskrit in their curriculum (they are all off-shoots from the School of Philosophy). Secondly, how is Sanskrit taught? You may have noticed your son or daughte
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