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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@...> wrote:
> No Rick I am not a Brahmin though I did learn Sanskrit (which
> everyone in India does atleast upto class 8th,
This is another lie. Not "everyone in India" at all!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit
"The CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) of India has made Sanskrit a third language (though it is an option for the school to adopt it or not, the other choice being the state's own official language) in the schools it governs. In such schools, learning Sanskrit is an option for grades 5 to 8 (Classes V to VIII). This is true of most schools affiliated to the ICSE board too, especially in those states where the official language is Hindi."
http://india.mit.edu/~varun_ag/readinggroup/images/9/9c/Secondary_Education.pdf
"Most of the Hindi-speaking states, and even central school organizations, have made provisions for teaching Sanskrit as a third language. In fact, to accommodate the study of Sanskrit along with other languages, some states have even made provisions for the teaching of a fourth language. (In Uttar Pradesh, Sanskrit is compulsory and taught as part of Hindi.)"
Francesco