Lets Promote - Linguisitc brotherhood and not Linguisitic Big-brotherhood
Tamil or Saṃskṛta - Which is the oldest Language ! Our Honourable PM Shri Narendra Modi ji has stated in a recent event that Tamil is older than Saṃskṛta. It has disappointed me. I, as a Samskritist, but a person with Tamil as mother tongue, feel that this could have been avoided. In this connection I would like present two views for reflection, both connected with Shri Deendayal Upadhyaya, a fine thinker, one among the founding fathers of Jan Sangh and whom Shri Modiji him self considers as his guiding light - 1. The first image - A screen shot of Tamilnadu Governer Shri Banvari Lal Purohiot's address in a recent Tamil-Sanskrit Dcitionary release function, held in Chennai. Honorable TN Governer states that " it is the dream of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya that we should work towards national integration through linguistic brother-hood ." What a wonderful thought. When we have "Nation first" as the mantra/policy - then would it not be a...