What is the context of this 'competetion' ? Was there a statement / hypothesis /thesis that Sanskrit is spoken as first language or second language by more people than those who speak English as first or second language?

 

If it is in the context of official language, currently in the Indian Constitution there is only a mention of English after Hindi in this context? Is there a proposal to remove English from this second position and put Sanskrit in that place ? If yes, did those who made this proposal argue that that should be done because Sanskrit has more first language or second language speakers than English?

 

If it is in the context of three language formula, that is related to the Sanskrit-German issue, English and Hindi have their permanent berths there too. Sanskrit is being proposed for the third position only in some places where the place of non-Hindi language of the Eighth Schedule of the Indian constitution was not easily filled and Sanskrit is the logistically (on the basis of availability of teachers in those places and a minimum number of students opting for that language in those places) easier option. Where is the need for discussion of  competition between English and Sanskrit ?

 

What is the context of providing a link to this news article ?

 

Is it to tell the list members that the list always focusses on such an insignificant language of India which has very small number of first and second language speakers? It is better to focus on English which has more first and second language speakers than Sanskrit?

--