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Re:PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem by strikelaserclaw on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:52AM (#33999450)
maybe correlates with the rise of Indian Nationalism
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Re:PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem by devnull3 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:10AM (#33999697)
I don't think so. Govt of India has been promoting Sanskrit (without much success) since many decades. There is/was even Sanskrit news. Now-a-days I can see "Weekly Sanskrit Magazine: Vaartavali" from national news Doordarshan [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmU3GXcuuo

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Re:PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem by abc_lisper on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:13AM (#33999754)
Yep. National news was broadcast all over the country in Sanskrit language daily on Radio. Weekly on TV I think
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Re:PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem by treis on Thursday December 15, 2022 @10:14AM (#34000741)
Modi seems to have given it more attention than before. And it does dovetail with his nationalist bent. It's a lot easier for practical and symbolic reasons to drive nationalism when everyone speaks the same language. A bit like how Israel adopted Hebrew.
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Re:PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem by cuteboy19 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @06:44PM (#34007477)
There are local radio stations broadcasting Sanskrit news for the past few decades at least
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Re:PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem by FooBarBizBazz on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:40PM (#34008457)
No use getting into nationalist fights. This guy's my brother from another mata.

And if you also want some false cognates for your mom, that'd be another reason to give peas a chance.

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