Khatri who is an MBA graduate, currently works as a General Manager in a private firm besides running the weekly.
Whether Sanskrit can be called a 'dead language' or not, is a debate going on from quite sometime now within the literary and cultural groups.
Deven S Khatri, a resident of Mayur Vihar, Delhi instead of sitting and arguing about the issue, to an initiative to revive Sankrit, also called as 'language of the god' by many. Khatri, walked an extra mile to show his passion for Sanskrit by co-founding a weekly Sanskrit newspaper 'Sajal Sandesh' along with several like-minded people. Khatri who is an MBA graduate, currently works as a General Manager in a private firm besides running the weekly.
Khatri talking with iamin, said that currently a 12 member team including Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Editor and Manishi Kumar Sinha, advocate Delhi High Court, who are managing this Sanskrit weekly that currently has a readership of 25,000 people and was set up around two years ago.
The connect with the language
Having completed his education from Karanprayag Chamoli Uttarakhand, Khatri says he had already developed his love for the language right when he was a child. “Uttarakhand has many Hindu shrines and growing up in such a religious place gave me an opportunity to study the religious scriptures in great depth. That was when I developed a connect with the language,” he confesses.
Talking about the significance of the language, Khatri says, "Sanskrit takes us back to the era when civilisation started. We Indians are very lucky that Sanskrit originated here. Not only students from every corner of the world are coming to study here, but many universities in U.S.A and Europe have introduced Sanskrit in their curriculum.”
Khatri mentions that there are many Sankrit texts and books available that provide a knowledge base for philosophy and spirituality. This is one of the reasons, according to him, that the language needs to be promoted.
Discussing his team's future plans, Khatri confides, “For now, we are targetting Sanskrit Schools, gurukuls, universities, colleges and government departments. In the near future, we want every family in Delhi to be reading a Sanskrit newspaper daily. This is the only way we can revive the glory of the language.”
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