A 15-year-old dream has come true today. I started a PhD with the dream of creating a system that chants any Sanskrit shloka perfectly.
And here I am opening sourcing 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐮 - 𝐀 𝐯ṛ𝐭𝐭𝐚 (𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫) 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 ś𝐥𝐨𝐤𝐚-𝐭𝐨-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 (TTS) 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭. This is the world's first vrutta-aware, open-source TTS for Sanskrit Chanting.
AI that thinks in India's own languages.
IIT Bombay is proud to present BharatGen to the world: Open, multilingual AI for India's languages and people, at Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, France (14–16 June).
BharatGen is built at IIT Bombay's Department of Computer Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, with Rishi Bal (CEO) and Dr. Maneesh Singh (VP, ML) with a consortium of 9 premier academic institutions. A team of 60+ researchers, engineers and linguists are building AI that includes all scheduled Indian languages, across text, speech and documents.
-> Param2, its foundational text model with reasoning, coding, and tool calling capabilities works across all 22 scheduled Indian languages
-> Shrutam2, for automatic multilingual speech recognition/ STT across Indian languages
-> Sooktam2, a text-to-speech models with zero-shot voice cloning across Indian languages
-> Patram, a document vision model built for understanding Indian-specific documentation
BharatGen powers services in governance, healthcare, education, insurance, finance, and cultural preservation.
A national effort backed by DST and the IndiaAI Mission, BharatGen is India's push for open, homegrown AI, built for 1.4 billion people.
For more information, visit https://t.co/bZul5Lr3yC
Bharat Innovates 2026 · 14 - 16 June · Nice, France
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If bad luck was a person, It was Krishna.
Born in a prison cell.
With chains.
Cold walls.
And fear.
The West writes self-help books after one breakup and a weekend depression.
Krishna was born with a death warrant.
His own uncle wanted him dead.
He never drank his mother's milk.
Hours after birth,
his father carried him across a mad river at midnight.
Rain above.
Death behind.
Darkness ahead.
No burning bush.
No sea parting.
No miracle announcing salvation.
No therapist with scented candles.
Just survival.
Born a prince.
Raised a cowherd.
Before he could speak,
they sent Putana.
Then Shakatasura.
Trinavarta.
Kaliya.
One after another.
As if destiny hated him personally.
And he still smiled.
People today collapse over an unfollow.
He lost everything early.
His parents.
His childhood.
His home.
And Radha.
Ah, Radha.
The part Bollywood never understands.
His closest friend Sudama lived in poverty.
Krishna could not protect everyone he loved.
Shishupala insulted him publicly.
Again and again.
Before assembled kings.
Krishna listened calmly.
Then came Jarasandha.
17 invasions.
Mathura burned again and again.
Then came the greatest tragedy.
The Mahabharata.
Krishna tried to stop it.
He went himself.
He sat before Duryodhana.
Pleaded for peace.
Just 5 villages.
Duryodhana refused.
And humanity walked into hell smiling.
18 days later, rivers carried blood.
1.66 billion dead.
Think about that.
An entire civilisation collapsing into dust.
And Krishna carried that silence.
No lamentation carved into scripture.
No prophet demanding heaven explain itself.
Just silence.
Then Gandhari cursed him.
A grieving mother blamed him for everything.
Krishna accepted it.
That is spiritual strength.
Then came the final collapse.
His own clan destroyed itself.
Drunk. Violent. Mad.
The Yadavas killed each other.
His own son died in that chaos.
Krishna watched.
Because some endings cannot be stopped.
Then Dwarka sank.
His city.
His dream.
His life's work.
Gone beneath the waves.
And finally...
The man who was greatest strategist.
The man kings feared.
The man sages worshipped.
Died alone in a forest.
One arrow.
A hunter's mistake.
No throne.
No army.
No grand farewell.
No Resurrection.
Just silence beneath the trees.
And yet...
He is called the complete being.
Not because life was kind.
But because pain never poisoned him.
That is Krishna's greatness.
Not miracles.
Not powers.
Not mythology.
Life gave him suffering.
He gave life wisdom.
Life gave him betrayal.
He gave humanity the Gita.
Life gave him war.
He gave the world detachment.
And in the middle of chaos,
he left us one terrifying truth:
"You control your actions.
Never the outcome."
Krishna did not teach escapism.
He taught endurance.
He did not teach positivity.
He taught responsibility.
He taught how to stand inside hell,
without becoming hell yourself.
That is why he still smiles.
And maybe...
That is why Bharat still survives.
Concluding a very productive visit to Italy. My discussions with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni covered a wide range of sectors. A key outcome of the visit was our decision to elevate India-Italy ties to a Special Strategic Partnership, which will add new momentum to our cooperation in the years to come.
I thank Prime Minister Meloni, the Government of Italy and the wonderful people of Italy for their friendship.
@GiorgiaMeloni
Early this morning, another daring operation
The Rashtra Rakshana Pade disrupted the sleep of cow slaughterers in Karnataka,
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Earlier today, witnessed the Surya Tilak that took place at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, Ayodhya. May the blessings of Prabhu Shri Ram always remain upon us.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜನತೆಗೆ ಯುಗಾದಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು. ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷವನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸುವ ಈ ಹಬ್ಬವು ಎಲ್ಲರ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತೋಷ, ಒಗ್ಗಟ್ಟು ಮತ್ತು ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ತರಲಿ ಎಂದು ಆಶಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.