Welcome to my blog. I dream of revolution. Currently this blog is a collection of articles written by me in different places. Over time I would like to welcome others to contribute as well.
Sankrant is a word that derives from the Sanskrit root of Kranti–revolution. Adding the Sa- makes it a benevolent revolution, a process of transformation from within rather than violent unrest and overthrow. We shall talk more about what kind of revolution and why. In the meanwhile, enjoy the site and don’t forget to leave comments!
Here is a brief profile if you really want to know. Profiles, of course, belong to the marketing department so don’t take it too seriously. :>
Sankrant Sanu Short Bio
Sankrant Sanu Is an author, entrepreneur and public intellectual who is the founder and CEO of the publishing house Garuda Prakashan. He spent nine years at Microsoft Corporation in various engineering and management roles and then left the IT career to focus on personal growth in the yoga traditions and working towards a plural, sustainable world. He is an advocate for indigenous cultures and languages with his book titled ”The English Medium Myth: Dismantling barriers to India’s growth.” Sankrant is a graduate of IIT Kanpur and the University of Texas at Austin and holds six technology patents. He is faculty for the Art Of Living Foundation.
Sankrant Sanu is an entrepreneur, writer and researcher based in Seattle and Gurgaon. He is the founder and CEO of Garuda Prakashan, a publication house focused on Indic narratives and languages. His is the author of “The English Medium Myth” and co-authored “Invading the Sacred”, a critique of Hinduism studies in US academia. Sankrant is a graduate of IIT Kanpur and the University of Texas at Austin and holds six international technology patents.
Sankrant has been actively involved in writing, consulting and social projects. His writing has appeared in various publications in India, USA and UK in Dainik Jagran, DNA, Manushi, The Hindustan Times and The Seattle Times. He also writes for Rediff, Swarajya, and other online portals. His article on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) at IITs led to the MHRD taking steps in that direction.
Sankrant has also published and presented in a diverse set of academic journals and conferences including the South Asian Language Review, The International Conference on Indic Religions and the World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality. He has been an invited speaker at IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT-BHU, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore among others.
Sankrant spent nine years at Microsoft Corporation in various engineering and management roles. When he left Microsoft, Sankrant had overall charge of development for Microsoft Share Point Portal Server, a $1 billion+ business that he helped conceive of and start at the company. Sankrant co-founded Paramark Corporation, a Seattle and Silicon Valley startup engaged in developing technology solutions for the automated optimization of online marketing campaigns.
Sankrant is well-grounded in the Indian traditions with a daily spiritual practice of yoga, kriya and meditation. He has extensively explored spiritual disciplines within and outside the Indian traditions. In his cross-cultural exploration, Sankrant studied with esoteric Christian groups, learnt Sufi dervish dances and explored the confluence of psychology and Indian spirituality. With all this he remains convinced of the value that the Indian traditions offer to the human situation and to a diverse, sustainable world. He is part of the faculty of the Art of Living Foundation and teaches the Art of Living Happiness Program.
Any suggestions on how to brush up on one’s Sanskrit, especially when it’s been 30+ years since I studied Sanskrit in school? Thanks
Om. I admire u. I am a doctor. Anand swami
Visakhapatnam.
Dear Sankrant Ji,
I just saw and listened to your videos on Youtube in Srijan Talks channel, it was really an eye-opener I think every Indian should watch those videos and learn about our traditions and culture, thank you so much.
Sankrant, I have read one of your articles on the civilizational unity of India and was really impressed with it. You seem to doing a great deal of original work and I must congratulate you for it. As a nation,we have yet to get out of the Macaulian mindset and work like yours can help create an alternate belief system.
I look forward to connecting with you on email and Linked In, where I have sent you an invite. I have retired as President, Hewlett Packard India and Managing Director, AMD India. I often come to Seattle where my son works with Amazon.
Dear Sir
I have read Your book ANGREZI MADHYAM KA BHRAMJAAL which is very nice and showing practical approach for the growth of country , reduction of unnecessary stress among students and find out best talents from our Country. But Sir this book is written in tough Hindi so it is little bit tough to understand it should be written in simple language because it is very good informative Book.
Dear sir I’m rajendra scholar in britishindia every book on history is in english most of people can not understand english and they avoid reading of history I think all book which in english will be reprint in local language. If not this will be hindi. I have big problem with language. How can solve this problem.
Śrīmad Sankrant, I am a mostly white American living in Bhāratavarṣa in Gujarāt state for the last 2.5 years. I just found out about you and your work today from a very good friend of mine. I have followed Rajiv Malhotra’s work for the last six years, and I am elated to learn you are doing similar work, though at a more technical level. I am very happy because I do not trust Western Indology on matters like this. I would only trust sources like Rajiv jī or yours. I eagerly await reading your works. Ca, I want to thank you for bringing back my memories of what we are (my SE India and northern India DNA brought be back here to complete the circle in this life) and how we’re supposed to move forward in these times, which is WHY I WANT THE REAL THING!
Satyameva jayate
Hara hara Mahādeva!
Dear Mr. Sanu,
I admire your writing (what I have read of it) and would like to get in touch with you. I have a great deal of time on my hands and would to contribute what little I can to your “Indian Revolution”.
I am a retired professor living in Sequim WA except for 6 weeks every summer when I teach finance at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Sequim WA is a little more than 2 hours west of Seattle on the Olympic Peninsula.
Just now I have viewed your interview in LSTV and came to know your view in some topics including importance of translation.
This mail is about Sanskrit Conjugation system where pratyayas and upsargas are used to conjugate verbs so as to convert the base form of verbs (dhatoos) to finite verbs (kriyapadas). Using Sanskrit Lakarah we can make as much as more than 200 finite verbs. In English too we can make 100s of finite verbs but the process is not defied in the way it is done in Sanskrit.
I hope my work will be very helpful in analysing a verb string into several components as per tense, modality, aspect and voice. It will make English ( and other languages) learning simple and also go a long way , I believe, in machine translation.
I am looking forward to speaking to you and see if my work is going to be helpful in your endeavours.
Regards, S K Sinha, Kolkata