Slokas After A Noon Namaaz: Muslim children study Sanskrit and Hindu ones read Quran in these UP madrasas

Slokas After A Noon Namaaz: Muslim children study Sanskrit and Hindu ones read Quran in these UP madrasas

UTTAR PRADESH: MADRASAS

By NAMRATA JOSHI

That it's no exception we have stumbled upon becomes clear to us as we proceed north to Ambedkarnagar district, to Madrasa Azizia Islamia in Kamharia village. The hands of the wall clock might be stuck at 6.45 in this primary school or maktab, but the school itself has progressed in other ways. Space is obviously at a premium—Classes 2-5 are being held simultaneously in separate, little rows in a large hall. Sirajuddin is teaching Sanskrit grammar to Class 3. "It was my favourite subject when I was a child," he says with a smile. "Balakah pathati; Sah pathati; Balakau pathatah (A child studies, he studies, they study)...," his student Muhammad Shahid recites for us.

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