A Comparative Study of Sindhi and Sanskrit Language Journalism

A comparative study of Sindhi and Sanskrit Language Journalism Abstract

Journalism in regional languages that are not mainstream have a number of challenges associated with it. While some regional languages like Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam etc. are flourishing even more than English language journalism, there is another class of regional languages that are not doing so well. This bring us to a question-­‐What are the factors that make a regional language prosper journalistically? Does it have anything to do with how long the language has been in use? Or does it have something to do with the people who speak the language? This study will draw a parallel between two different languages and journalism in these languages-­‐ Sindhi and Sanskrit. While Sindhi has become a largely spoken less written language, Sanskrit has become a largely written seldom spoken kind of language. However both of them survive in similar conditions. Journalism in both these languages suffer from sub standard backing and circulation. While times are changing slowly, the situation of journalism in these languages is yet to mitigate. This study will aim at