Remembering Rahul Sankrityayan on his birth anniversary

Born on 9^th April, 1893 was a Mahapandit, (Great scholar) who truly revolutionised the way people looked towards linguistics. He changed the attitude of people towards linguistics from being merely a tool of communication to a tool which bridges the gap between different cultures and strives towards cultural unity. He was a polyglot, no doubt but he is remembered mostly for patronising Indian mother tongue-Hindi and devbhasa Sanskrit by globalising them.

              He was a true scholar of linguistics and was well versed with about 30 languages. He made many tiring journeys throughout the world to propagate his views. He taught at many renowned universities and that is clearly the proof of his success, given he did not receive any formal education. He was also a freedom fighter of repute and also known as the ‘Father OF HINDI TRAVEL LITERATURE’.

   

He also wrote many books some of them being ‘GANGA SE VOLGA’ and ‘MERI JEEVAN YATRA’. Rahul had set out to recover the Sanskrit works on Indian Culture which were destroyed after Khilji burned the libraries of the famous Nalanda university and Vikramshila university.

       





  It is truly the evidence that why India is a called a land of great scholars sants and sages who through their enlightened views and principles have nurtured this country, by strengthening its foundations before it set off on the path of scientific and all round development. Their philosophy acted just like the early growth phase of CHINESE BAMBOO TREE which strengthens its foundations first before growing headlong. Similarly INDIA has gone through this phase of foundation strengthening due to the efforts of these great souls and now it is up to us to translate it into headlong growth.