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...Sanskrit Indian Studies--formerly known as Indic Philology--boasts more letters in its designation with fewer students per letter than any other department. There are two concentrators this year...
This is not the only respect in which concentrators find their field unique; Sanskrit is the oldest Indo-European language still in use and is also one of the most difficult to learn...
Concentration requirements, which have been changed, call for six full courses in the department or related fields and including three in Sanskrit and one in Indian Studies...
...Sanskrit scholar and devotee of Hindu philosophy who frequently spices his brilliant conversation with quotations from Hindu scripture, Ambassador Kratochvil had become one of New Delhi's most popular diplomats. Pinkish Indian intellectuals used him as evidence that Communists were all right. But when Clementis was arrested, the ambassador's pale, haunted face (he had spent five years in Nazi concentration camps) grew a lot more haunted. To an announcer on the New Delhi radio, Kratochvil said: "Will you please announce my death when it takes place shortly...
...Department of Comparative Philology will be called the Department of Linguistics from now on, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences decided Wednesday. The Faculty also decided to rechristen the Department of Indic Philology the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies...