A practical reason: The internet makes it possible for those of us interested in Sanskrit to communicate with each other, and feel a part of a community. Two decades ago, if you were interested in Sanskrit you were always conscious that you were in a minority, a niche interest, a fish out of water, whatever. Now you can spend each day watching just videos in Sanskrit on YouTube, say.
(Hypothesis: if this explanation is correct, I would imagine there has similarly been a rise in the Latin-speaking community: more attendance at Living Latin etc. Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Latin gives me the impression this may be true, though I'm not familiar enough to say.)
(Hypothesis: if this explanation is correct, I would imagine there has similarly been a rise in the Latin-speaking community: more attendance at Living Latin etc. Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Latin gives me the impression this may be true, though I'm not familiar enough to say.)