World’s only Sanskrit daily holds out

Source: Gulf News

Sudharma, possibly the only Sanskrit daily in the world, is struggling for survival as it approaches its 43rd anniversary later this year.

In the face of dwindling interest in a language that many feel has no future, and lack of financial support from advertisers, the husband-wife team publishing the single sheet daily from Mysore is disillusioned, but not disheartened.

“We will continue to run the paper against all odds, as it is a mission with us,” editor Sampath Kumar, returning after two months in hospital for a mild heart attack, told IANS. More.

See: Gulf News