For all those who think that all the north Indians want to impose Hindi because it is their language, let me clear it up. We north Indians also have our regional languages. I am from Rajasthan and grew up speaking Marwari. Similarly, there is punjabi, haryanvi, kinnari, gujrati and other languages. So if we learn Hindi and speak it, why should anyone else (read south and east Indians) be different?
Even though English is a universal language, I find it disappointing that states and people are recommending English to be made compulsory instead of Hindi.
RE:Hindi our language
by Patrick on Feb 22, 2008 06:07 AM Permalink
To do that, you have understand the regional pride of these people and also that there were several kingdoms in the north that had already treated them as a single administrative unit. I dont know about the east, but in the south there were many centuries worth of kings that ruled these states separately before the brits came. And this idea of india formed around the late 19th century. Yes there might have been a bharat during the ramayana, but that was thousands of years ago. So understand the reality. With the technology thats available multilanguage interfaces exist and transciribing can be done smoothly. if you have a lot of people to people to contact pan india then learn a language. dont expect people who dont have such a need to learn.
RE:Hindi our language
by Vivek Vikram Sridharan on Feb 22, 2008 07:43 AM Permalink
i think it is your choice to accept hindi. ask why anyone else should be different is like asking why do we not eat same food everyday. contradiction of human psyche. human psyche doesnt like force.
