Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar: Difference between revisions

The vast linguistic work of Sarkar has been published in several volumes including: ''[[Varna Vijinana]]'' (Science of Letters), ''[[Sarkar's English Grammar and Composition]]'', ''[[Varna Vicitra]]'' (Various Uses of Letters) (8 volumes), and the Bengali encyclopaedia ''[[Shabda Cayanika]]'' (A Collection of Words) (26 volumes) (unfinished).

In ''Varna Vijinana'' (The Science of Letters),{{sfn|Sarkar|2000}} he presents the eight criteria which define a language. In his book ''Talks on Prout'' (July 1961, Ranchi)<ref name="Talks on Prout">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=Talks on Prout (also in ''Prout in a Nutshell'' Part 15)|url=http://brauliobo.org/worksprsarkar/HTML/Discourses/Talks_on_Prout.html|accessdate=Sept 2013|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications}}</ref> Sarkar considers languages as a part of natural diversity and calls for the adoption of a [[global language]] and [[Writing system|script]], to enable better global communication and understanding. "We should love all these languages, hate none, and adopt one of these languages as the world language. As all languages are our common property, we should not oppose the existence of other languages. We should not brand any language as foreign or national.".{{sfn|Sarkar|1968}}