Gopalika Antharjanam taught Arabic in a Kerala school from 1986 until her retirement in 2017. In the pluralist society of Kerala, a Brahmin woman hailing from a family of priests, teaching Arabic was not considered blasphemous. In 1982, when she first joined a school as a teacher of Arabic for five months, a section of students protested, and the school …
Students at the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in Banaras Hindu University have been protesting over the appointment of a Muslim professor, Dr Firoz Khan, at the institution. Those who do not have any connection to Hindu Sanatan traditions, Yagnas and Jyotish.” Ojha further explained that ‘Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan’ is the full name of the stream. While it’s true that …
