Pondering over the so called dead language.. (2)

How to revive the prisitne glory?

According to the modern educational methodology, there are certain paces in learning a language. They are step by step,

- (L)istening

- (S)peaking

- (R)eading

- (W)riting

On a gradual manner, if one practices learning a language, gaining mastery over that is not a difficult thing. Some people say, 'grammar for any language is written after it is widely spoken among the people.' Any way, discussion on this left to one's own discretion.

A baby understands and learns the vocabulary after listening from its parents. over the course of time, it starts to speak the household language. This learning process can be extended to any age group. Because, whoever wanted to speak a language, they need to start with same process mentioned. Hence, speaking has a prominent position in a linguistic activity. It is stated that any Indian can speak atleat two Indian languages. So, let's come back to our point.

Yes! there are some possibilities or alternatives for the revival of this beautiful language. If you propagate the idea of spoken Sanskrit, then its very possible to revive its pristine glory. But you feel incomfortable after listening this? Please hold on..

Two decades back in Bangalore, an voluntary orgnisation named after 'Aksharam' was established to propagate the spoken Sanskrit activity by a group of Sanskrit scholars. They were going to house to house, village to village putting their maximum effort to realize their goal. Some other like minded organisations supported them to their daily needs.

They've targetted a village by name 'Mattur' in Karnataka, to spread the message over there. A camp for ten days organized consiting 2 prcatice hours per day. These are called 'dasa dina samskrita sambhashana sibirani.' Here, one interesting thing to observe is that the volunteers use to teach Sanskrit vocabulary through Sanskrit medium only. With the help of teaching aids, their communication is very effective. With these dedicated voluntary efforts, irrespective of age and gender, the entire village started to speak only in Sanskrit. Amazing! No one taught them The Vedas, Sanskrit grammar&literature to speak in a so-called dead language!! But it is achieved!!!