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You should have told her that u r a madrasi
D3, no one said Tamil is the universal language. I am all about having a common official language the whole country - it most certainly can't be Hindi, that leaves us with English. From an employability perspective and competing at international level that's our major advantage against China. I think we should get away with this myopic notion that Hindi should the common thread that unites 1.2B people -
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As a Tamilian born and raised outside of Tamil Nadu, I agree with most of D3's comments sans the tone. Tamils need to get out of their "Frog in the well" attitude that Tamil is the language of the world. They also need to respect other languages and embrace it. At a client side, I spoke punjabi and hindi more than Tamil and Telugu and I became such an outcast to the southern Indians that it was shocking
Don't ask which state I am from to befriend me
Be happy that I am Indian and American and be inclusive
Don't judge me by state and decide how to behave with me
Most Indians are this way and need a lesson on One India
I am in no way enforcing it. You don't have to learn it if you don't want to. It's a free country do as you please. But if you advocate going all out on changing Hindi .... that I am not okay with.
I vote for Sanskrit as a new common language
D3 sounds like an average jerk. Moving on, most us would agree that Sanskrit is the mother of almost all Indian languages. At the time of independence, Chacha Nehru chose Hindi over Sanskrit (Ambedkar actually wanted to introduce Sanskrit as national language). Then around 1970s or 1980s, the govt. decided to let students chose between Sanskrit, Arabic, French, German or Farsi as one of their subjects in school. It's been a slow death since while. If we think Sanskrit as just a language then we are grossly mistaken. It's death would not only mean that we loose knowledge and thought processes which dates back to 1000s of years (in 19th century, knowledge of Sanskrit was one of the most respected languages in many European universities, esp. Germany) , but with the death of Sanskrit we are also set to have a further divided mentality, and a complete take over by western thinking. Here is the downside of that, many Indians themselves think that all original thinking comes from the west and we only copy it. Again, it would be pitiful to think of Sanskrit as just a language. That is my case for revival of Sanskrit and reorientation of Indian education system.
This has happened to me in SF, a dude randomly started talking in Hindi. I told him I don't speak Hindi very well. It's common for folks to assume all Desi's would know Hindi. I speak Malayalam btw, for the record although we learn Hindi in School, no one speaks Hindi.
Sadly yes. My grad school class in the US was sort of a mini Mumbai situation with some Delhi sprinkles. So many arguments about hindi not being a national language and defending ourselves for nor learning it.
Yes OP
Either Hindi or Gujarati
It's about time we switch to Gujarati
Sadly that is true of the northies. We are quite a dumb bunch.
Tamil is not the universal language of india... if yoi think it is go back to india and start supporting a new nation for yourself. If you want to be part of India learn Hindi or accept yourself as outsiders.
D3's attitude is trash but I don't agree with D1's logic either. There is a role country's heritage, history plays as well and it must be given importance. We can't completely ignore our roots for the sake of commercialization. I am no saying Hindi is the best choice, but at this point, 80% of the country speaks it and understands it. It's crazy to think you can change it.
I will speak Marathi and you reply in Tamil or Malayalam and we will never understand...play it however you want. English is not a native Indian language
And making a language a common language just for employability is not an answer that's worth commenting on...ee can learn English as a second language for that
And why is it only madrasis who can't except Hindi as the national language ?
DD1, History and Herritage are sensitive topics. Southern States also have rich cultural heritage and identities built on languages, the states were formed with this consideration. I am not arguing that everyone should forego their mother tongue, but as common medium of communication Hindi shouldn't be enforced because 80% of population speaks it.