And a funny thing happened other day in the train.
A eunuch came and begged in english. I was in my formals and texting at the same time. So I guess she rightly deduced m more of the English speaking types. So she went like - "Give me 1 Re, give me 2 Rs. , 3 Rs, 4 Rs, 5 Rs." I smiled, shook my head to indicate no. Then she said " Okay, Kush rehna beta" So I thought wow, even Eunuchs now going all English.
And not 5 minutes after that -
He had a whole conversation for ten minutes. I was zapped.
His name is C.S. Ganapathy, a doctor on the medical staff of Reliance Industries. He didn't know a word of Sanskrit, but he attended a 10 day course conducted by Samskrita Bharati, a movement with a mission to convert people into conversing in Sanskrit.
They wont teach you about writing and stuff. Just normal conversation.
How cool is that? We learn Spanish, French - But how about you wanna badly share something with ur friend in front of others, nd u say it all in sanskrit - and ur friend grins & says something back in sanskrit. All this in just 10 days. I was surprised, cos otherwise to learn proper sanskrit u need to dedicate 12 years.
Anyone interested google it out. Or I have this Dr. Ganapathy's card.
Spooky things happen on a train.
3 comments:
hey..really interesting ya..
lolz.. train experiences... always good! btw, wanna take d class?? Im game!
oohh train escapades..talkk bout em...!! for a regular commuter., d train tales offer a daily dose of fascination...n mussay, quite intriguin one's jus like urs...lol!!
n good to hear of d course on sanskrit, d mother of all d languages, before it becomes extinct...
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