Welcome To Celebrate The Podcast Season Two Flip The ScriptEpisode 08: It's All Sanskrit To Me ft Elena Jessup

A native New Yorker, Elena’s fascination for Sanskrit started at a very, very young age ultimately bringing her to the U.K where she has been teaching it to children and adults for three decades. In this episode she shares why there is both excitement and apprehension outside of India about learning Sanskrit and how Indian AI apps can help. Today, Elena is the Founder of Third Eye Sanskrit, a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and a faculty member of The School of Ayurveda, U.K.

Episode Highlights:

1. Why Europeans using Google Translation for their Sanskrit tattoos is strictly NOT recommended

2. Why St James' school, London teaches Sanskrit to its students

3. Challenges / Excitement that come(s) with teaching Sanskrit to children of different races and religions

4. The attitude of 'There's no money in learning Sanskrit' is universal

5. Can Sanskrit survive the modern day trends?

6. The linguistic, intellectual, emotional, philosophical benefits of learning Sanskrit for everyone

7. How Elena got interested in Sanskrit and started teaching

8. Her Vedic recitation teacher and why she starts her classes with chanting

9. Sanskrit pronunciation and how AUM is pronounced

10. Knock out chanting and calligraphy competition

11. How she started Third Eye Sanskrit

12. Her favorite shloka

13. On her work in Sanskrit translation

14. Sanskrit follows her during her travels as well

15. Her favorite places to travel and visit to India

16. Can there be pop songs in Sanskrit in future?

17. Trends in Sanskrit learning and AI apps in 2026 to look forward to

18. Why we shouldn't expect a Sanskrit version of 'Mind Your Language'

Connect with Elena 

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