It was a balmy summer afternoon on a Sunday as I was fiddling with the TV remote and came across what seemed like a documentary on an African tribe. It was on National Geographic Channel and my grandfather asked me to stop browsing and watch this. A 14-year-old me was although fascinated with their distinctive hairstyles and multitudes of colourful beads, necklaces, and bracelets; it was also the first time I heard the word “Anthropology”. As the obvious confusion on my face gave away, my grandfather, a professor of Sanskrit at Vidyasagar University, said aloud, “You know Archaeology, right? From those movies you see? You also know Geology, the study of rocks. Your father’s friend is a Geologist. Anthropology is also very interesting. It is the study of humans. No, sorry. It is study of what makes us humans.”
World Hindi Day: Unknown Facts About The Language
Hindi is a very old language with a straight line of descent from Sanskrit. As such, it is a part of one of the…