Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, on December 19, ruled that the Bhagavad Gita is “not a religious book” but a work of “mora ...

Court set aside Centre’s denial of FCRA registration to Arsha Vidya Parampara Trust, which teaches Vedanta and Sanskrit ...

Justice GR Swaminathan held that the Centre’s reasoning of the organisation being religious falls short of the requirements ...

The court held that valid registration under income-tax law is a relevant factor under FCRA and cannot be ignored. Failure to consider it violated Section 52, which makes FCRA supplementary to other ...

Dispute stems from Centre rejecting a trust's plea to allow it to receive foreign funds, citing the 'religious' nature of the ...

The Sanskrit Literature Festival, held on December 15 and 16, opened with a Bhagavad Gita invocation by Team Auroville. Guest ...

As Diwali makes it to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, here’s all you need to know about the list and the significance of this inclusion. Also, go ‘Beyond the Nugget’ to learn about the new ...

In a first since partition, a university in Pakistan has introduced a course in Sanskrit. The Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) had initially started a three-month weekend workshop on the ...

In a move that has surprised many across South Asia, Pakistan has begun reintroducing Sanskrit into its university curriculum, more than seven decades after Partition, signalling a renewed academic ...

Shahid Rasheed (left) has started teaching Sanskrit at a major Pakistan university. Image Courtesy: lums.edu.pk For the first time since Partition, a university in Pakistan is teaching Sanskrit. The ...

Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language, is making its way back to Pakistan classrooms for the first time since partition in 1947. According to a report by The Tribune, Lahore University of Management ...

For the first time since Partition, Sanskrit has returned to Pakistani classrooms, with LUMS launching a credited course that also introduces students to the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata. The ...