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From the Hindu Press International listserv.

 

 

http://www.speaksanskrit.org/vishvavani

 

U.S.A, March 15, 2008: A group of students of Indian

origin from various US Universities, meeting at an

online forum, decided to create an online Sanskrit

magazine. Under the name " Campus Samskritam Network "

(CSN), faculty and alumni from MIT, UMD, CMU, UPitt,

PSU, UPenn, Caltech, Purdue and other prestigious

universities have been working on an eletronic

publication, hosted on the www.speaksanskrit.org

website here.

 

Called " Vishvavani " (the language of the World), it

release its third issue last week. From an article on

ancient Indian mathematics by Prabha Mandyam to

another on Swami Vivekananda by Harichandan

Mantripragada, along with a travelogue by Dr. Jyotsna

Kalavar, the magazine goes so far as to have a

Sanskrit crossword puzzle.

 

In the past two years, blogging in Sanskrit has

emerged as a popular online activity contributing to

and providing growing evidence of the popularity of

the language. A famous one is Kalidasa,

http://kalidasa.blogspot.com/ (requires a special font

to read), created by Microsoft Seattle engineer Ajit

Krishnan.

 

The common link for many bloggers and students at CSN

appears to be Samskrita-Bharati (SB), a non-profit

organization spearheading the speak-Sanskrit movement

in India, USA and elsewhere. The organization is all

set to hold its fifth Annual Meeting for Volunteers in

Maryland during the March 22-23 weekend, where over 30

volunteers from about 15 cities across the US are

expected to participate.

 

 

 

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