I myself am from the south and I agree that South India has had much more hunger to education than any other geographical part of the world. However, I don't really think that we have made it big, in using the education the right way, in the right areas. This article certainly gives me a "comfortable" feeling about India's growth but doesn't really remind anyone about the harsh realities.
Since the author of this column seems very distingusihed in his columnist skills, I feel it would be greatly appreciated if the articles are more focussed on what we ought to do rather than what we have achieved.
RE:Good article but lacs reality
by V S Chakravarthy on Nov 22, 2006 11:58 AM Permalink
Hello there who say Hindi is a national language,
There are 22 officially recognised languages of which Hindi is one of them. Further, Hindi and English are the Official Language of the state and that's it. In order to promote Hindi so that most of the countrymen can communicate in a common language a 3 language formula was formulated for all the states to follow which was as under - Upto 12th standard every child has to learn 3 languages . These were - The state language, English and Hindi ( for non hindi speaking states) or any other language ( for Hindi Speaking states). The national integration and acceptance of each others language and respect for the same was to be achieved by this formula. As usual the Northern States are worst offenders. They did not implement it while the southern states have implemented with true spirit. The agitations in TN against Hindi were Political and were only aimed at preventing Discrimination for not knowing Hindi. And what about the state of Hindi in the Northern BIMARU States itself. If you go to their interiors you need to know Bhojpuri, chattisgarhi, rajasthani, marwadi, gujrati, Haryanvi to survive. what do you say
RE:Good article but lacs reality
by vinay on Nov 23, 2006 01:37 AM Permalink
Well agreed on one point wid u, this is something i find very strange. If der's a pro-south article, it is assumed to be anti-north and vice versa
RE:Good article but lacs reality
by Dr Y N I Anand on Nov 24, 2006 09:27 PM Permalink
Why are we fighting against each other? I am from South, Mysore to be precise, did not know Hindi prior to 1972, but am fluent in Hindi & know Punjabi, Bengali and Tamil now. Whether anyone likes it or not, the fact is that Hindi is our National Language & everyone ought to learn it in their own interest. With Hindi in your pocket, you can tour the entire country rich in heritage & culture, save some part of Tamil Nadu. Even here they are learning Hindi (I lived in Madurai for 7 years & have interacted with several thousand people). I have lived in practically every part of India, from North East to North to West to South & am of the firm opinion that we NEED Hindi as a binding language, the beauty of Sanskrit not withstanding. Instead of fighting on silly points, why don't we appreciate the sweetness of Bengali language, warmth of Punjabies, Industriousness of Gujaraties, hard working nature of Tamilians & Biharies, Beauty of the North East (neglected thanks to the indifference of politicians), Simplicity of our hill tribes of the North and businesslike attitude of Maharashtrians? If there are good things about South, there are many about North/East/West too. Please stop fighting.
RE:Good article but lacs reality
by cv on Nov 16, 2006 04:15 PM Permalink
who hates hindi hearltland people. i wish to see them going back to glorious sanskrit and Golden Gupta era.
RE:Good article but lacs reality
by vinay on Nov 16, 2006 12:46 AM Permalink
Its really typical of people frm south to talk nonsence abt north indians and hindi. There are other states in the country which have regional languages too, like punjab, gujrat, bengal,, none of them has a problem with Hindi. Its only southie people who for some stupid reasons hate hindi. It seems north, east, west, and center of india are on one side, and south india on the other, and dey just hate the rest of india
