Photo: Pranab Bar with wife Moumita, daughter Dhriti and son Lachit at his Basirhat residence in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. They communicate among themselves only in Sanskrit. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)
This Bengali family speaks only Sanskrit at home to keep alive the ancient language
Within the four walls of their Basirhat residence, Bengali is spoken only when guests come.
