Re: Questions for indians
I hope south Indian languages are given just as much importance. Maybe they should teach the malayalam language and history just as extensively as Hindi and the general Indian History in Kerala but if only malayalam language and history are taught than i guess all the other states would follow in the same way and there will be small countries within India with no connection to each other. They might as well separate into small independent countries of their own....i'm sure there are other countries in this world that would love to see this happen to India. So, I think a country needs a common language and history to keep the country together and see each other as Indians more and not just as Gujaratis, punjabis, Biharis, etc. We can always teach stuff the schools don't teach about our respective subcultures to our children at home on our own.
That is why hindi is taught in southern states as well. Infact in our state we had the option of choosing either kannada, hindi or sanscrit as our first language. My mother tongue is hindi but i took kannada as my first language. Instead of trying for a comman language, just give something called freedom for all to choose whatever language they want to learn. Leave them to learn in whichever medium they want to learn. Unity will be automatically taken care of. Afterall language is something which keeps changing just like others. Each language will influence the other and more commanality gradually rises between those languages.