Why do we need Sanskrit today
The following post is part of my answer to the question on Quora around April 2018- Why do we need Sanskrit today? Why is the BJP government trying to bring Sanskrit back? The original question mentioned Brahmanism in the context so, my answer addresses questioner that concern as well. _*_ Why do we need Sanskrit today? Answer - We don’t need it. Sanskrit as most of the languages in the world is almost extinct. There must be a few hundred people who are using it for communication. Then why to learn such a useless language? Language is part of the culture. It’s part of people. As a society, have we left learning how to paint just because we now have much-advanced cameras and printers that we do not need to paint anymore? Have we stopped learning basic math because we have calculators and computers now? Have we stopped learning Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, and Bhangra because most of the world does not even care about it? Have we stopped conserving our endangered ani...