There is no contradiction actually. While talking about the state of Sanskrit in school education, Chamu Krishna Shastry says[1] that schools are factories for

There is no contradiction actually. While talking about the state of Sanskrit in school education, Chamu Krishna Shastry says[1] that schools are factories for producing students who hate Sanskrit. IMO, whatever other reasons there may be, a most compelling reason for learning a language is its poetry (Robert Frost defined poetry as that which gets lost in translation), and here Sanskrit poetry is unlike anything in the world. You may like to read this collection of essays[2] that my friend wrote during his first real encounter with Sanskrit poetry. [1]: https://youtu.be/ZoS1nA8RVko?t=740 https://youtu.be/ZoS1nA8RVko?t=740 (starts at 12:20), https://youtu.be/WwtIJ8_bQf8 https://youtu.be/WwtIJ8_bQf8 (ends at 35:00). [2]: http://sadasvada.com/Sadasvada_Print_Apr2014.pdf http://sadasvada.com/Sadasvada_Print_Apr2014.pdf