<p>Haha you don’t need to clarify anymore 
But the look he gave me was hilarious. He started laughing too lol
Polymers is just 10 equations or something. How hard is that to learn? =|</p>
<p>And yeah, you’re correct, knowing reaction mechanism does help make things easier but its kinda difficult and the average student would just prefer mugging the equations up than learn the mechanism and stuff. Think about it that way.</p>
<p>And I pity you if you were actually enrolled into Sanskrit shloka lessons lmao</p>
<p>^ hey, what’s wrong if someone wants to study Sankskrit shlokas? You, of all people, as a master of 4 (Chatur) vedas, shouldn’t be mocking … :)</p>
<p>Hahahahahahahaahhahahahahahaha</p>
<p>She did imply that she didn’t like learning the shlokas right?</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about the four Vedas beyond their names =_=</p>
<p>Come on. My mom enrolled me at 6 coz she already had in mind that I was to take Sanskrit in 9th and not Hindi as language. Sadly, I didn’t want to study sanskrit then. It was at a Vivekanada place near my house and I had to give up sundays. And sundays was when I used to go to the defence library and day out w/ grandparents to eat out.
It was bad, okay. I didn’t learn a thing. We used to recite the whole book every time sitting cross legged on the floor. I don’t like sitting cross legged.</p>
<p>My left leg goes to sleep when I sit cross-legged :(</p>
<p>Is Sanskrit used for any practical use like it is still the case for Latin for example in law where there are a lot of Latin expressions ? Do all the Indian languages share common roots in Sanskrit ?
Pixie don’t tell me to google it, it is more fun to talk here</p>
<p>Here is something for you to watch.</p>
<p>[Samskrita</a> Bharati ITV Interview Sri Chamu Krishna Shastry and Sowmya Joisa](<a href=“http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8239263344066546084#]Samskrita”>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8239263344066546084#)</p>
<p>I personally know both people interviewed here. Sowmya was born and brought up in the US. (She graduated from UPenn not too long ago.) Both are my distant relatives.</p>
<p>Thanks Tippu. For some reason the video doesn’t display on my iPad, but I actually looked up Sanskrit on wikipedia. It is even an official language of a northern state. I thought it was a dead language !</p>
<p>There is a small village in India where Sanskrit is the only language spoken still luce.
Apart from that, Sanskrit is not much used in daily life.
And haha, no I won’t.</p>
<p>Amherst webchat was enlightening.
There was a lot of talk about weather there too!</p>
<p>It is not a dead language. </p>
<p>Here is another link if you want to really know about the current state. </p>
<p>[Samskrita</a> Bharati](<a href=“http://www.samskritabharati.org/]Samskrita”>http://www.samskritabharati.org/)</p>
<p>Here is the same video on another site: [YouTube</a> - Samskrita Bharati ITV Interview Sri Chamu Krishna Shastry and Sowmya Joisa](<a href=“Samskrita Bharati ITV Interview Sri Chamu Krishna Shastry and Sowmya Joisa - YouTube”>Samskrita Bharati ITV Interview Sri Chamu Krishna Shastry and Sowmya Joisa - YouTube)</p>
<p>All Indian languages originate from Sanskrit.
Of course, the one having most common words is still hindi.</p>
<p>^^I never implied it was.
But there are not many places where it is used for everyday conversation.
I agree that it is a beautiful language that should be advertised better. Students currently end up taking French/ Spanish in 9th as they’re more in practical use.</p>
<p>Thank you for the videos Tippu. It is really fascinating. I am currently busy learning Hindi on my spare time with a rosettastone course. But maybe next year I’ll give it a try. ( I already can speak Spanish/French )
You seem to be quite involved with this organization teaching Samskrit ( note the m). Can you speak it?</p>
<p>^I like the idea of changing it to saMskrit too 
Nice video Tippu!</p>
<p>Good luck on learning Hindi Luceverita! I find it great that people outside India are making an effort to trace their roots and learn indian languages. I assure you it is more than the youth here does.</p>
<p>luci, I can speak a little but I can understand when people speak. Same script (devanagari) is used for Hindi. Many people belonging to orthodox Hindu communities like the one Sowmya and I belong to grow up learning Samskrit verses and vedic chants.</p>
<p>Thanks pixie.</p>
<p>And Sowmya is pretty too :)</p>
<p>It sounds very different from Hindi though.</p>
<p>^^Respect. We all have something to learn from you TippuToppy.</p>
<p>^^It is very similar when you look at it closely Luci. Once you know Hindi, you’ll find it easier to learn sanskrit.
Do you visit India?</p>