When Mr. Kumar ventured to ask the reason for it, the caller merely said it was confidential. Another call a few hours later — around 8 p.m. — left the couple in a state of shock. Though a lot of students study Sanskrit in schools even today, it is more because of the perception that it is a “scoring subject”, said Mr. Kumar. Initially, people were sceptical about the paper’s viability, but Iyengar, with his zest for news and Sanskrit, kept the enterprise alive and extracted a promise from his son and daughter-in-law to keep Sudharma alive. But, as Mr. Kumar and Ms. Vijayalakshmi pointed out, the future is bleak, given the spiralling costs of printing and distribution.

Source: The Hindu January 26, 2020 18:33 UTC