The recent Vedic Sanskrit conference held at the University of Delhi shows a deliberate effort being made by the BJP government to create a divisive strategy. No, I have nothing against Sanskrit. I my self had taken it in my intermediate class as one of the choice subjects. But to be frank, it was more because it is a scoring subject than out of any foolish boastful claim of the supremacy amongst the languages. Each language has a claim of its own and area and philosophy. Languages which are in daily use are the ones that need to be promoted. Learning of classical languages like Sanskrit. Persian, Arabic (in India) can only be the specialties — in day to day administration and education Hindi, Urdu and State languages are the only practical alternatives.