“Name boards – A Hindi(u)tva Project”

Dear Junta,

Our administration has been replacing the name board of the faculties and laboratories in Sanskritized Hindi since two weeks. This being part of the “Sanskrit (imposition) activity” of Modi government in central government organizations. From onwards, it’s been a debating issue concurrently receiving massive opposition from intellectuals, and social activists. Particularly, in science and technology sector this results an immense pessimistic approach and even disgraceful among all sectors.

To say, “Engineering design department” is translated as “Abhiyanthrik Abikalpith vibhag”. “Abhikalpith” used in name board is not derived from the regular Hindi dialect but is merely Sanskritized Hindi word, which even the native Hindi speakers unrecognized. These translations will never impart scientific temper and also it neither creates the mental picture of any scientific concept. Then, what’s the real necessity and use of Sanskritized Hindi name board?

The answer is associated with recent claims from ancient mythologies! Recently, Indian science congress, reported the usage of fly machine 7000 years ago (around 5000 B.C) based on “Vimanika Shastra”(written in early 20th century) claimed to be written in Vedic period (around 1900-500 B.C). Mr. Modi claim about the birth of Gowravas in ghee pot (like a pickle preserved in the oil!?) as genetic engineering in Mahabharata and replacement of elephant’s head instead of human head (how about the neck radius?!) to Hindu god Ganesha as an example of plastic surgery in ancient times. All the above claims are unscientific and consistently derision our scientific methods.

The promotion of Sanskrit as knowledge source and their try to establish through mythological claims as science and tech are part of Brahminical hegemony, the core of hindutva politics of BJP/RSS clowns. So, this is not merely an issue of a language in the name board instead it is saffronisation of reasoning without a scientific temper. As professional researchers and technocrats, it is inevitable for us to strongly condemn the admin decision and we cannot allow robbing our modesty in front of such insanities."

May be, they should translate "Engineering Design Department" into Jafna Tamizzzh so that only LTTE guys can work there.