A small portion of India, UP, has managed to dominate the whole of India with their hindi by completely subverting and removing the significance of most languages in India. hindi became popular only because of the moguls. Only the Rajputs and Marathas fought the Moguls.
These naturally subservient UP wallas who did nothing significant to oppose the moguls, later played the same role with the british and then the same politics with the whole of India. It is time for this to stop and for all languages in India to have its proper place in our society.
English is our window to the world. For economic and social reasons we will learn it and also master it. But for all other practical reasons, people should be proud of their local language and culture. India was never united by Hindi. It was united by the spirit of Bharath that prevails across all people in this motherland.
hindi was also in no way responsible for the economic development of India. In fact it is the hindi belt that is the bacward region of India.
hindi was also in no way responsible for the economic development of India. In fact it is the hindi belt that is the bacward region of India.
Some Reflections this Hindi Divas (14th September):
1. If a person from a non-Hindi speaking state goes to a Hindi speaking state, he/she makes a great effort to learn the language. If the reverse happens, YET the non-Hindi speaking person only has to learn Hindi (to interact with the migrants) or else face ridicule in his/her own state! Most of the time, the person going there doesn't make any effort to learn the local state language. So either way it’s Hindi or nothing. Classic case of making the cake and eating it too!
2. And then worse still is the audacity of people to complain that some cities (read Chennai and maybe others like Mangalore,Thiruvananthapuram, Lakshadweep, Shillong, Kolkata to a lesser extent) are unfriendly to outsiders because they don’t know THEIR language! Try speaking in English there for a change if you don’t know Tamil/Tulu/Kannada/Malayalam/Khasi/Bengali etc. instead of expecting someone else to know your mother-tongue.
3. How would you (Hindi-speaking people) like if all the signboards in your states, forms in banks and every single Central Government PSU, their websites, IVR’s of customer services, announcements in the train/flights, etc. are say all in Telugu or Mizo? It would be nothing less than a foreign language for you. Similarly Hindi is as foreign as English or any other language in Non-Hindi states.
4. So a person studying in a Hindi-medium school can take the UPSC/IIT/AIIMS/RBI/SBI etc. exams in Hindi but a person from say an Odia or Marathi medium school cannot do the same in his/her language. Unfair disadvantage before even starting to write a word! Any surprise then that 80%+ people in the Railways are from certain states only?
5. Why is it that not a single of the 11 Hindi speaking states/UT’s have implemented the 3 language formula but almost all non-Hindi speaking states have?
6. Why are 48 languages like Marwari, Bhojpuri, Chhattisgarhi, Awadhi, Braj, Bundeli, Bhageli, Malwi, Kumaoni, etc. classified as ‘Hindi’ in the census despite being considered as separate languages (and not dialects) by their own states and even by linguists? For a boost in the percentage? [Till 1961, even Urdu and Punjabi and till 2003 even Dogri and Maithili were considered as Hindi]
7. Finally let us remember that India is not Hindia and not all Indians are Hindians. The solution lies in first redefining what constitutes ‘Hindi’ and then giving equal status to all (or at least the living ones) of the 22 (and counting) scheduled languages of India. This is very much possible as demonstrated by the European Union which has 24 official languages and everything is conducted in all languages without any being given more or less importance over the other. Simultaneous translation from any language to any other language takes place. This could actually create thousands of jobs too! The only other fair alternative is to declare English as the sole official language as it is the only link language and let everyone be equally disadvantaged.
#HindiDivas
#StopHindiImposition
#PromoteLinguisticEquality
#IndiaIsNotHindia
#HindiIsNotTheNationalLanguage
1. If a person from a non-Hindi speaking state goes to a Hindi speaking state, he/she makes a great effort to learn the language. If the reverse happens, YET the non-Hindi speaking person only has to learn Hindi (to interact with the migrants) or else face ridicule in his/her own state! Most of the time, the person going there doesn't make any effort to learn the local state language. So either way it’s Hindi or nothing. Classic case of making the cake and eating it too!
2. And then worse still is the audacity of people to complain that some cities (read Chennai and maybe others like Mangalore,Thiruvananthapuram, Lakshadweep, Shillong, Kolkata to a lesser extent) are unfriendly to outsiders because they don’t know THEIR language! Try speaking in English there for a change if you don’t know Tamil/Tulu/Kannada/Malayalam/Khasi/Bengali etc. instead of expecting someone else to know your mother-tongue.
3. How would you (Hindi-speaking people) like if all the signboards in your states, forms in banks and every single Central Government PSU, their websites, IVR’s of customer services, announcements in the train/flights, etc. are say all in Telugu or Mizo? It would be nothing less than a foreign language for you. Similarly Hindi is as foreign as English or any other language in Non-Hindi states.
4. So a person studying in a Hindi-medium school can take the UPSC/IIT/AIIMS/RBI/SBI etc. exams in Hindi but a person from say an Odia or Marathi medium school cannot do the same in his/her language. Unfair disadvantage before even starting to write a word! Any surprise then that 80%+ people in the Railways are from certain states only?
5. Why is it that not a single of the 11 Hindi speaking states/UT’s have implemented the 3 language formula but almost all non-Hindi speaking states have?
6. Why are 48 languages like Marwari, Bhojpuri, Chhattisgarhi, Awadhi, Braj, Bundeli, Bhageli, Malwi, Kumaoni, etc. classified as ‘Hindi’ in the census despite being considered as separate languages (and not dialects) by their own states and even by linguists? For a boost in the percentage? [Till 1961, even Urdu and Punjabi and till 2003 even Dogri and Maithili were considered as Hindi]
7. Finally let us remember that India is not Hindia and not all Indians are Hindians. The solution lies in first redefining what constitutes ‘Hindi’ and then giving equal status to all (or at least the living ones) of the 22 (and counting) scheduled languages of India. This is very much possible as demonstrated by the European Union which has 24 official languages and everything is conducted in all languages without any being given more or less importance over the other. Simultaneous translation from any language to any other language takes place. This could actually create thousands of jobs too! The only other fair alternative is to declare English as the sole official language as it is the only link language and let everyone be equally disadvantaged.
#HindiDivas
#StopHindiImposition
#PromoteLinguisticEquality
#IndiaIsNotHindia
#HindiIsNotTheNationalLanguage
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