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March, 2014

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Varsha Pratipada, the spring New Year of India is here and Sopanam is issuing its last edition of this issue. We remain thankful to all our readers and contributors who have stood by us in the last three years. Seva Darshan Kuwait has a new team this year and we hope our editorial team will live up to the expectation of our readers. We go through turbulent times. Our national symbols and values are being trampled upon. Institutions that are the bedrock of our democracy are being questioned. Our religious leaders are being targeted and defiled. An opportunity to change this presents itself before us in the form of the National elections to choose a government that will stand up to the aspirations of the people of India. It is our opportunity to make our voices is heard. A chance for us to choose a leader with a vision. We must encourage our kith and kin to not waste this opportunity and to ensure their votes are cast. The media is playing a major role in the formation of our opinions on various issues in our nation. A one sided biased approached in reporting is being increasingly noticed during this crucial phase our Nation is going through. It becomes the moral responsibly of being a journalist that needs to stands before our personal likings while reporting so that the people of the Nation are able to better formulate their views on the various issues. Financial dealing and benefits must not affect the outcome of reporting. A nation unites its self with its language. It is unknowingly an important part of keeping our culture and heritage alive. Samskritha Bharati has been doing the yeoman service of educating the people in the language and has crossed borders to ensure all people on Indian roots keep this alive. Kuwait will also be host to a 10 day Sanskrit speaking camp in the month of March. All Indians must take this opportunity to learn this language, which is the mother of all languages in the world. As we approach Vishu, Seva Darshans unique Vishu Kaineetam programmes are getting ready across Kuwait. The celebrations at every home will ensure it is shared also along with our needy brothers and sisters back in India. We wish our Bala Darshan children all the best in making this event a roaring success like every other year. After the hugely successful Yuva For India boot camp, Yuva Darshan Kuwait is holding its first follow up session with a vision to encourage our youngsters to choose scientific research as a career for their future. We welcome all our participants to these sessions. With many programmes being planned throughout the year, we hope this New Year will be an opportunity for the Seva Darshan family to put forward its community service commitment to the public and encourage everyone to be the change they want in the community.
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Editorial Board

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The first day of chaitra, the first month in lunar calendar The first day of the year according to the national calendar of Bharat, is significant both for its historical import and for the advent of bountiful nature. The day falls in the beginning of spring Vasanta Ritu - When the Goddess of Nature gets bedecked as a divine bride. This is celebrated as new year. There is the air of freshness in the nature as this is the spring season. In some parts of Bharat, the tender leaves of neem mixed with jaggery and offered to God as naivedya and then distributed as prasaada. The neem, extremely bitter in taste, and jaggery sweet

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. Swami Vivekananda

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Awakening Our National Pride


The world greatest symbol of a successful (almost) democracy will showcase again in a few days from now when the elections to the Indian parliament takes place. A record 815 million people will excise their right to vote. In 1947, we selected democracy as our model of government. We found that this was instrumental in ensuring an equal and unbiased representation of all the different communities who come from various regions, caste and language barriers. For democracy to work requires a set of political values and ideological orientation. This was readily available with the Congress Party that was in the political forefront of the Independence struggle There is strong relationship between the democratic process and the economic development of the country. Likewise there is an equally, if not stronger, relationship between the power that rules the nation and the cultural and moral foundations of that nation. Various writers and thinkers have criticized the functioning of the state and the bureaucracy at various times. But almost all of them would agree that the current process is so far the most effective way of ensuring all the citizens get an equal share in electing their leader of choice. We are a Nation rather than a country. Hence the word Rashtram has a very close meaning to our nations functioning. This cannot be effectively described in the western concept of a democracy. A standard interpretation is that a Nation is a State. But a State is a physical description of a land with fixed boundaries when people live together and are administered by a selected group of people
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according to pre-defined laws and regulations. A Nation is formed by a group of people who have a rich legacy of memories and desire to live together and continue to receive and cherish their rich heritage. Common race, language or simply a unity in interests is not enough to create such a group of people. Nationality is sentiment for national literature, heroes, geniuses, language, sentiments, traditions and modes of dress it is a feeling that goes beyond definition. The people of India by and large have a common cultural language and share common literature that regulates and governs their life even in minute details. Their outlook is different from any of the people in the world. In spite of superficial differences the people across the nation have a common basis for their magnificent architecture, painting, dancing and several other art forms. The people of India have been procession of this land for 8000 years and more. Our western education would probably refute our claims and tell us of events of Kingdoms with India fighting each other. They have also laid claim saying that the invaders united the country called India today. At a time when our nation was writing philosophies and having an organized society the so called invaders were wanderers and nomads. The Vedas proclaim, And we were one nation over all the land from sea to sea one kingdom! In our quest to form a perfect democratic state, successive governments have forgotten to preserve the foundations of our National Consciousness, and our nationhood. While we argue that for a Nation to survive it must have a land, we have seen
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has been evolved to become counterproductive and have instilled a feeling of defeat amongst the new generation. Various alternative options open up before us as a reaction to these negatives vibes being felt all over the country. It is surely a welcome change to see the younger generation of our Nation more active these days in discussions and having a proactive approach to the goodwill of the nation. Along with this radical change comes the threat of a philosophy that does not heed to the basic nature of a Nation. It believes that direct action alone can forcefully achieve in a short span of time whatever illness has crept into the society. These results in massive unrest triggering and social and criminal disorder in the state. We must ensure these types of tendencies are not tolerated just to defeat social evils without actually eliminating the root causes completely from our system. This anarchist type of mentality stands to destroy the culture of Nation that has not been shaken by countless invasions and fraudulent conversion tactics. Ours is a Nation that has shown generosity, tolerance, sacrifice and love for all living beings. Our culture and heritage has produced great scientists, philosophers, economists and artists. We must not try to enforce a modern concept of State on our Nation that has been in existence from time immemorial. We need governance that will truly work for the development and advancement of the Nation on the whole. In spite of the differences in race, language and religion, our development model must be for the upliftment of the Nation and not confined to few minorities, Swaraj means independence, the power of the National Race. To be full it should have a scientific frontier and be richly productive. Race means that persons, who have a common origin and common fellow feeling, i.e. are related together by common traditions and naturally by common aspiration. We must be proud
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many communities like the Jews and Parisis who lost their land due to invasions still working as a community to retain their individuality communal spirit. In our nation religion is all encompassing. Culture is simply a product of religion. The common argument that religion should have no place in public and political life stems out of some western ideas which consider religions as dogmas forced upon people. This may be true for some nations and communities. But the same need not be enforced in our nation. When religion is considered as beneficial only to the individual that follows it, it will have no space in a national dialogue. But when religion itself is considered the foundation of a Nation, it has a much bigger role. In our nation, religion regulates the society and all its functions. So the nation concept includes country, race, religion, culture, and language. And it requires each of the five in a homogeneous whole. When one goes, extinction is a possibility. When religion is forcefully separated, morality takes a fall. This is evident in the present day state of affairs in our nation. Crime and corruption is becoming the disease that is eating into our nation. The society has to be awakened from its state of non-reaction to what is happening around them. They seem to have lost hope. Our education system
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of being of the Bharateeyan race and must work together for the advancement of the race and its concepts throughout the world. The invaders, who realized the danger of the people of Bharat developing a sense of a united race, systematically stamped out the qualities that attributed to this feeling. Hence our text books are filled with ideas of a conquered race, our common languages have been divided and our people divided on the basis of language. They saw to it that people of different religion that began to live together after years of war and distrust was further divided by way of benefits and other provisions. The Indian National Congress which was born out of the peoples dissent soon became a party to the British aspiration to destroy the Nation. And they do so till today. They have been following the policies of the British and have forced the people to believe that wealth and military power is what matters in the world. They
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have de-cultured and de-nationalized our people. The lack of the National sentiment of the right sort, is the root of our troubles. We are being provided an opportunity to choose what is right for our Nation and we must express our desire by the power of the ballot. It becomes our duty to ensure every citizen exercises this right to choose what is much needed for our Nation today A class of leaders who stand to make our Nation proud and will sacrifice their life for the upliftment of our Nation. We do not despair of the future. The race spirit has prevented our destruction in the past and shall do so again in the future. Other nations have had their day and left, not Hindusthan. Today we see a national awakening under great leaders. Let us rouse ourselves!

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Legislating two children norm in India


The Kerala Law Commission headed by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer described the importance of every Indian citizen adopting two children family norm and recommended the need for bringing in laws to enforce the same. Some sections of the people and some organizations had expressed their reservations on said recommendation and are openly campaigning against it. The concept of having two children in the family is not something new to the Indian system. The menace of growing populations had been judicially noticed and the constitutional validity of legislative means to check the population was upheld by the Indian Constitutional Courts. The Honorable Supreme Court of India has considered the issue in a case where an Air Hostess was terminated from service for the reason that she gave birth to a third child. While upholding such employment termination decision, the Honorable court held that when the whole world is faced with the problem of population explosion, it will not only be desirable but absolutely essential for India to see that the family planning program is maintained at sufficient levels in order to address the danger of over-population. It is a fact that certain religions permit their believers to to procreate as many children as they want. But no religion in India dictates or mandates the same as an obligation. What is permitted or not prohibited by a religion does not become a religious practice or a positive tenet of a religion and a practice does not acquire the sanction of religion simply because it is permitted by religion. A sharp distinction must be drawn between
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religious faith and religious practices. What the Indian Constitution protects is the religious faith and not the religious practices. If the religious practices run counter to public order, then the same should be prohibited by enacting appropriate laws. Sati, animal sacrifice, child marriage and dowry were such practices followed by different religious groups and on the ground of morality and social welfare policies, those practices were prohibited through the enactment of appropriate laws. India has the discredit of being second only to China at the top of the list of 10 most populated countries in the world. The National Planning Committee set up by our former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru considered Family Planning and Limitation of Children essential for the interests of social economy, family happiness and national planning. The Committee recommended the establishment of birth control clinics and other necessary measures such as raising the age of marriage and a eugenic sterilization program. A private Bill named Two-child norm bill, which was introduced in the RajyaSabha on 3rd May, 2010 for providing population control and for matters connected therewith has not been taken up for consideration until now. Considering the importance of such a Bill and as responsible citizens of India, each of us should bring up this issue to the public domain for a healthy debate so that the next Government of India should take up this critical issue in the best interest of the Nation.

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Murder the darlings.


He said - murder your darlings*. But I can't, you see. They are so nice to play around with. They are so packed with ideas. How can I pick on thoughts without them? They are darlings for heavens sake. They cox the meandering vagabond thoughts. They kiss the very root of an idea. They style the shape of a view. It is about style, cox and force.

Renjini Ajay

* Quoting K.R. Narayanan (late ex-president of India). He says one has to write in simple language. Don't use your darling words for the sake of rhetoric.

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Scientific Research as a carrier


I see many children dream to become scientist. But they have many fundamental questions in their mind. This article is prepared in a question and answer format by visualizing the type of questions they have. What Scientists do? They work for making innovations and inventions. What is innovation? Why invention and innovation? Invention of new product, process, knowhow which is useful for the development, which are marketable The innovative scientists do for cost reduction, time saving, risk reduction, improvement of life style etc. Is everything around me is due to innovation by some Scientist? Yes. For example: The mobile phones of today are completely different from those we used few years back due to innovations The modern aircraft we use today is because of innovations by many Aerospace scientists Many medicines are invented for diseases (which we thought non-curable) and are cheaper due to new products invented by pharmaceutical scientists Can one become Scientist in any field? Yes. You can be a Scientist in any discipline like any Science, Arts, Engineering, Medicine, etc. Every field needs improvement because people need quality life at affordable cost Does Research have an end? No. It will keep going. What is the motivation for me to become a Scientist?
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You will invent and innovate.

You will do new type of work almost everyday; Hence work will not be boring. You are respected by the community. You will be respected around the work for your noticeable innovation. Awards are plenty You will get chances to go around the world You will be working and interacting most of the time with intellectuals You will publish your invention in Internationally reputed Journals and Conferences. You will feel joyful and proud, if your invention is used by the world. You will feel more proud, when you solve a problem, which can not be solved by others What is the demerit for anyone as a Scientist? Pay is not very attractive compared to many other jobs. Necessary facilities may not be available. Not really Is Ph.D. compulsary to become a Scientist? But a person with Ph.D. knows (In general), how to do research work systematically. How to get a Ph.D.? Bachelor degree Master degree Doctoral degree

For example: BE or B.Tech (4 Years), ME or M.Tech (2 years), Ph.D (3 to 5 years) Where can I study for my Ph.D degree? In general, Development countries are better?
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Developed Countries: They have developed because of Inventions and Innovations. How can I become an Innovative person? Do not study only for securing high marks. Do not be spoon feeded. Do not study only question and answers. Never mug-up. Understand the status of technology development in your chosen field-Literature review Research proposal preparation, funding from sponsoring agency Execution of the Research work secure

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100% understand the basics and concepts of each subject. Think while reading Ask yourself-What? Why? How? Etc while studying ENJOY learning new knowledge. Ask yourself: Can I do something to make changes? Was it my dream to become a Scientist? Not really. Because, I do not really know how to become a Scientist when I was at your age. But I wanted to do Ph.D. later in my life because of motivation from my Professor Dr. G.A. Kumaresan I learnt how to do SCIENTIFIC work while I was studying for Ph.D. degree. Started loving RESEARCH work, which supervising my students for MS and Ph.D because of International recognition of our know-how and innovative works. If I get a chance again, will I go for Scientific work? Yes. Prospects of Scientific Career at present and future Plenty around the work. The world ALWAYS look for Productive Scientists in all fields Future is very bright for many areas like Medicine, Engineering, Bio-Technology, Nano Technology, Genetic Sciences, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Renewable energy, Water Science, Ocean engineering, Space Science etc etc. Day to day life as a Scientist
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Publication of the outcome in Journals and Conferences Secure PATENT if the innovation is Commercially viable Tie-up with companies development and business for product

Enjoy the benefit of sale of the new product which has resulted from your innovation Solve technical problems faced by society in your area of specialization-Consultancy service Train and impart knowledge to needed people through Training courses Supervise Ph.D. scholars You must be an INNOVATOR by nature. You must be willing to learn new things What sort of personality is suitable?

You must have capability to prepare sound research proposals You must prove that your idea is new and is needed for the world You must be ready to take challenges to get solutions for unknown things You must be ready to do works other than research works (like technicians, professionals, secretary etc) in order to keep moving towards the result You must have capabilities to sell your research idea to sponsoring agencies How to prepare yourself to become a Scientist? Identify the subject which keeps you joyfilled when you read it. Avenues available in India and Abroad Examples in India: CSIR Labs, DRDO, VSSC, IITs, Central and State Medical Universities, TATA Companies, Reliance Group of Companies , Pharmacy Companies like Reddys lab, Sun
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Pharma, Ranbaxy etc Examples abroad: Almost all top Universities in the world; Almost all Fortune 500 companies in different disciplines and many more Tips to Succeed as Scientist field ever Gulf Self learner Believe you can make changes in the chosen Remember your innovation will stay for You must keep your mind OPEN always Hungry for Knowledge Extreme wind Atlas for Kuwait Extreme Wave conditions for the Arabian Albert Einstein Charles Darwin Galileo Marie Curie

Few Scientific Innovations of the Author

Minimum burial depth of Submarine pipelines New type of marine wave barriers-Cost effective solutions Knowhow on wave forces on different marine structures New type of wave barriers knowledge on Wave energy New extraction

A P J Abdul Kalam

Sir C V Raman

New technique to reduce forces on marine structures etc If used, millions of dollar can be saved by marine construction companies every year. Some famous scientists we should consider as a role model Srinivasa Ramanujan M S Swaminathan

Sir Issac Newton

Louis Pasteur

Explore what these scientists have contributed for the betterment of our life today. My best wishes for the reader to become an innovative Scientist in the field of your choice.

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Speak Samskritam
Culture and language complement each other. If we lose a language, we will lose the culture, as well as the knowledge embedded in the language. Samskritham is our language and we cannot afford to lose it. Samskrita Bharati is a movement committed to making sure that we do not, by reviving Samskritham as a spoken language, by taking it from the manuscripts to the masses. How is Samskritham relevant in this Computer age? One common cultural language is an ideological must for the harmonious existence of a nation. Samskritham, being the mother of all Bharatiya languages, can most effectively play this role of bringing people together. Samskritham is also the key to a treasure-house of knowledge in every walk of our life- philosophy and literature, physics and chemistry, astronomy and architecture, medicine and metallurgy, mathematics, music and much more. If Samskritham is made available to experts in these areas, they can unravel the knowledge contained in the ancient texts and also interpret such wisdom in the light of the latest scientific discoveries. Interestingly, scientists and specialists the world over have acknowledged that Samskritham is the most complete and comprehensively documented language in the world, and, the language most suitable for use in computers. In todays globalised economy, in the context of the cultural invasion of our media and marketplace, we need Samskritham more than ever before, to protect our moorings, to preserve our identity. How do you revive a language that has been branded difficult? The answer is the SPEAK SAMSKRITAM movement founded in 1981 on the simple mantra: You can speak Samskritham in 10 days. During the course, right from day one, neither the teacher nor the students who are taught use
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any language other than Samskritham. The classes are made exciting and participative through songs, stories, word games, oral drills and situational conversations. Almost instantly, Samskritham looks the easy language it really is, available for everyone to converse in. People from different religions and communities, young and old, learn and speak Samskritham with ease, enthusiasm and enormous confidence. Today, among the most active protagonists of the SPEAK SAMSKRITAM movement are doctors, lawyers, engineers, chartered accountants and management consultants. How is Samskrita Bharati geared for the task? Samskrita Bharati is a movement driven by a clear vision: bringing Samskritham back as the spoken language of the people of Bharat. Besides a band of dedicated teachers, it has an all-India network of full-time volunteers, Sevavrathis, who dedicate the prime of their youth to the cause of restoring Indias cultural heritage through Samskritham. In its mission, Samskrita Bharati has successfully involved the active participation of people from all walks of life. People like you who share this vision, cherish these values. How successful has the Movement been? Over 1 Crore people have attended the course More than 25 lakh learnt Samskritham through correspondence Over 25,000 teachers, from all over India, were trained The projects ahead include: Samskritham through correspondence in all Indian languages Publishing of books Video and audio learning aids

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3 Samskritham Colleges Saraswathi Seva- publishing of books How can I participate in this renaissance? Speak Samskritham: Attend 10-day Spoken Samskritham classes Join Samskritham Through Correspondence Teach Samskritham: Attend our Teachers Training Camp (10-day residential TTC) Spread Samskritham: Sponsor a Sevarathi (full-time worker) Sponsor a Teacher Sponsor a Publication Donate in kind. Contact us for details. : sktb.kuwait@gmail.com You can also join by Speaking Samskritham daily in your home and with friends Meeting once-a-week and learn more Joining correspondence courses Spreading this message to others/organizing such classes Teaching others Working as a volunteer of Samskrita Bharati Donating books/manuscripts Samaja Nidhi Samarpanam On the final day of the course, Samaja Nidhi Samarpanam can be done. This Samaja Nidhi will be utilized for the noble activities of Samskritha Bharati. Samskritham Vada, Aduniko Bhava Samskrita Bharathi Kuwait in association with the Department of Sanskrit, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kuwait will be conducting a 10 day shibir in Kuwait at various location as detailed below. To avail this opportunity and for more details, please contact: sktb.kuwait@gmail.com Course dates 27 MARCH 05APRIL The classes will be held at three proposed venues for you convenience: 0630PM 0830PM Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Abbasiya 0630PM 0930PM Amritanjali Auditorium, Salmiya 0700PM 0900PM Saoanam Auditorium, Abu Halifa ( Final confirmation of venue and time will be subject to registrations ) For registrations Ph: 5545 6535, 9971 9251, 6659 0691, 97 90 86 71, Email: sktb.kuwait@gmail.com

beleive in yourself and the world will be at your feet Swami Vivekananda

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A few grains of rice


This story is about a great Saint called Ramana Maharshi. One day, as Ramana Maharshi was strolling in his Ashram, he noticed a few grains of rice lying on the ground near the kitchen. He immediately started collecting all the grains. Seeing that the Saint was carefully picking up the few grains, His devotees were surprised and gathered around Him. They could not believe that the great Saint, who had left His home and worldly ties for the sake of God, cared so much for a few grains of rice. Finally, one of His devotees had the courage to ask Him, Gurudv, we have many bags of rice in the kitchen. Why do you take the trouble to pick up these few grains?" The Saint replied, "You see only these few grains of rice, but try to see what has gone into these grains. The hard work of the farmer, whoploughed the field and sowed the seeds, the water of the ocean, the clouds and the rain, the cool air and the warm sunshine, the soft soil and the rice plants. All these have gone into these grains. If you understand this, you will see the hand of God in every grain. So, do not waste them or crush them under your feet. If you do not want to eat them, give them to the birds." Moral: How many times do we waste things like water, food, paper, etc., that we feel are unimportant! Next time before wasting things or not taking care of what we have, we can remember this story and see the presence of God in all creation.

Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

Swami Vivekananda

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& Vichar Bharati Kuwait Department of Sanskrit,


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Samskrita Bharati Samskrita Bharati & & Vichar Bharati Kuwait Samskrita Bharati Vichar Bharati Kuwait

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Department of Sanskrit, IES Kuwait Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Kuwait IES Kuwait
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Spoken Sanskrit Sanskrit Spoken Department of Sanskrit, Workshop Workshop IES Kuwait
12 October 12 - 20 October 12 27 March 5 April 14 12 October 1214 - 20 October 12

Samskritham Vada, Aduniko Bhava For registrations For Registrations For registrations Phone - 99184894, 23716025, 97908671, vbkuwait@gmail.com Ph: 5545 6535, 9715 9251, 6659 0691, 97 90 Email 86 71, Email: sktb.kuwait@gmail.com

7 - 9 PM - Indian Community School (Junior) 7 - 9 PM - Indian Community School (Junior) Salmiya (Daily) Salmiya (Daily) 4 - 6 PM - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Abbasiya 4 - 6 PM - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Abbasiya (For children) (Daily) Samskritham Vada, Aduniko Bhava (For children) (Daily)

Spoken Sanskrit Workshop


6.30 - 8.30 pm - Daily Fahaheel, Salmiya & Abbassiya
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12 October 12 - 20 October 12
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Phone - 99184894, 23716025, 97908671, Email - vbkuwait@gmail.com

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