Our faulty constitution has ensured that to be an Indian you have to accept Hindi as a national language. If there is no official religion of India then why official language. Why communities of other languages which are arguably superior to hindi have to sacrifice their mather toungue and culture? The result to day is that the new generation of vernacular communities are unable to speak their mother toungue. Its a shame and this is all because of the well planned strtegy to hindi bridage.
RE:What is the definition of an INDIAN
by a c on Feb 16, 2008 10:44 AM Permalink
Mr.Chakravarty is little confused.In the first sentence he writes "Hindi as a(?)national language" and in the second,he goes on to write "official language".I am sure he has no idea about the notion of "THE national language" and "THE official language".Hindi was never adopted as the national language of our country over other languages(it's only one of the national languages in a list that has got Bengali also),it was only recognised as the official language of this vast country which had more than 1600 languages.Even this was necessary only to have an indian language becoming a part of the administration so as to signify that the administration had an India-centric orientation.Hindi was considered appropriate for this purpose because even at that point,it was the language spoken and/or understood by the largest segment of population.Inspite of such concrete facts in its favour,it required Dr.Rajendra Prasad's casting vote to overcome stiff opposition from some members of the constituent assembly who had ensured a deadlock through voting.The constitution does not force anybody to accept Hindi as a national language,just as it does not force a person to accept Bengali as a national language or any of the other national languages.Regarding superiority of any language over the other,this clearly smacks of blatant arrogance and ignorance;something which deserves to be ignored with contempt.Finally,nobody has forced vernaculars to stop learning their own languages or use them.
RE:What is the definition of an INDIAN
by a b c on Feb 16, 2008 10:43 AM Permalink
Mr.Chakravarty is little confused.In the first sentence he writes "Hindi as a(?)national language" and in the second,he goes on to write "official language".I am sure he has no idea about the notion of "THE national language" and "THE official language".Hindi was never adopted as the national language of our country over other languages(it's only one of the national languages in a list that has got Bengali also),it was only recognised as the official language of this vast country which had more than 1600 languages.Even this was necessary only to have an indian language becoming a part of the administration so as to signify that the administration had an India-centric orientation.Hindi was considered appropriate for this purpose because even at that point,it was the language spoken and/or understood by the largest segment of population.Inspite of such concrete facts in its favour,it required Dr.Rajendra Prasad's casting vote to overcome stiff opposition from some members of the constituent assembly who had ensured a deadlock through voting.The constitution does not force anybody to accept Hindi as a national language,just as it does not force a person to accept Bengali as a national language or any of the other national languages.Regarding superiority of any language over the other smacks of blatant arrogance and ignorance;something which deserves to be ignored with contempt.Finally,nobody has forced vernaculars to stop learning their own languages or use them.
RE:What is the definition of an INDIAN
by a c on Feb 16, 2008 10:53 AM Permalink
And one more point Mr.Chakravarti,my mother tongue is Punjabi,not Hindi.It's a lovely language but I will stop short of claiming that it's far more
RE:RE:What is the definition of an INDIAN
by a c on Feb 16, 2008 10:54 AM Permalink
And one more point Mr.Chakravarti,my mother tongue is Punjabi,not Hindi.It's a lovely language but I will stop short of claiming that it's far more beautiful & superior to Bengali or Hindi because I am not as narrow-minded & stupid as you.A suggestion for you..rather than fighting the virtual ghost of hindi dominance,you better introspect and analyze how good you are at English(a language you do not seem to be having any problems with!).It is "tongue";not "toungue",it is "strategy";not "strtegy" and it is "brigade";not "bridage".So it may be English,not Hindi,because of which you have forgotten your language and culture as you have mentioned.And in the bargain,you are neither good at Bengali,nor English and to make things worse for you,you are showing it to the entire web community how stupid you are by writing an idiotic message :-).
