The Uttarakhand government's plan to introduce the Bhagavad Gita in school curricula is the latest in a series of decisions aimed at promoting Sanskrit and Sanatan education in the BJP-ruled state.
In CBSE class 10 Sanskrit exam, leading and literature were predictable, while writing tested grammatical precision. Section C was easy, and most students completed the paper confidently.
Toward the end of the Sakuntala, the most famous of the three surviving plays by Kalidasa--the poet usually considered the finest in ancient India--the hero Dushyanta offers this poignant ...