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IKS 2023: Delving into the Living Traditions of Sanskrit

IKS 2023: Delving into the Living Traditions of Sanskrit

May 29, 2023 | ,

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Apeksha Srivastava Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar “If I were asked what is the greatest treasure which India possesses and what is her finest heritage, I would answer unhesitatingly that it is the Sanskrit language and literature and all that it contains. This is a magnificent inheritance, and so long as this endures and influences the life of our people, so long will the basic genius of India continue.” — Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of independent India The most ancient literary language of India, Sanskrit, is often called a “dead language.” The seventh edition of the Indian...

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Interaction with Prof. Sudhir K. Jain

Interaction with Prof. Sudhir K. Jain

Sep 28, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Apeksha Srivastava Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius, renowned philosopher This is the mantra that Prof. Sudhir K. Jain always promotes. According to him, it is not just about rising after every fall but also about learning from those falls. His interactions with the students of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) have always been memorable. It is always the same feeling — he enters the auditorium packed with students, asks how we are doing, one conversation leads to another, and, as...

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A World Conquest Sweeter than Honey

A World Conquest Sweeter than Honey

Jan 25, 2022 | ,

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Apeksha Srivastava Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar “Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.”  — William Shakespeare As a part of the lectures series under the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) elective course, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar conducted two online lectures, ‘Sweeter than Honey: The Advent and Rise of Classical Telugu Literature’ and ‘Conquest of the World: Krishnadevaraya’s Āmuktamālyada.’ Distinguished author, translator, and musician Dr Srinivas Reddy delivered these talks on January 20 & 21, 2022. The first lecture provided a glimpse into Telugu literature’s interesting history of language, identity, and...

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The Site of Śatruñjaya: Eternal, Majestic & Sacred

The Site of Śatruñjaya: Eternal, Majestic & Sacred

Jan 16, 2022 | ,

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Apeksha Srivastava Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar “That’s the sacred intent of life, of God – to move us continuously toward growth, toward recovering all that is lost and orphaned within us and restoring the divine image imprinted on our soul.” – Sue Monk Kidd, American writer The first talk of the current edition of the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) course at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar was given by Ms Mana Shah (Lecturer in Sanskrit, HSS, IITGN). Titled One Tale, Two Tongues, and the Sacred Jain Site of Śatruñjaya, the online session (via Zoom and...

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IKS 2022: Exploring Precolonial India’s Treasure House of Literatures

IKS 2022: Exploring Precolonial India’s Treasure House of Literatures

Jan 11, 2022 | ,

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Apeksha Srivastava Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar “India has left indelible imprints on the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries… From Persia to the Chinese sea, from the icy regions of Siberia to the Islands of Java and Borneo, India has propagated her beliefs, her tales, her traditions, her faith, and her civilization!” – Sylvain Lévi, French orientalist and Indologist The Humanities and Social Sciences discipline at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar initiated a semester-long course in 2016 titled Introduction to Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS). The purpose was to delve deeper...

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