On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the language is lost. The basic Sanskrit course that I took ended in > an exam which was just a grammar/maths paper....though the teacher did > try to speak only in Sankrit, the students were not responsive, and > were very bothered about the marks they would get in the exam. I did
I actually enjoyed the grammer bits but not from an examination (.. marks... certificate...) viewpoint, which lead (me) to ask (many) interesting questions (imo) resulting in annoyed "-not-in-the-syllabi" responses ... pfft, parroting kalidasa's poetic lyricism can sustain interest levels only so much.
