Story of languages!

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Re: Story of languages!

@the_kaur

I do not get the difference between not want to use in official language and reluctance to learn. South Indians have every reason to be proud of their language but putting gobar on Hindi signs in Madras Zoo as I saw, was more outrageous. Hindi still is not national language, infact we don’t have any national language but only official language. Choosing english over his hindi is understandable but it sounds more like choosing international crow than desi one :D. Hindi is not the language of many. Punjabis learnt it, Bengalis learnt it, even people from north east and nepal can speak it. But somehow, South Indians feel it as cultural invasion. Looks like “Ignorance is better than knowledge”

I don’t agree with putting gober or signs of any language. It smacks of extremism. But I admit that South Indians think more International in their approach. If there exists a choice between learning 2 new languages, we opt for English because of the opportunities that opens up. If you see in the US today, South Indians are immigrating in droves. Most temples in the US have priests who come form the South and ability to speak the southern langs is a must along with Hindi for the priests to even qualify for visa :DI know that it not true but in the villages many people think other than Delhi and Bombay, N India does not have much to offer in terms of easing the economic burden. Every villager knows California though and they also know that kids working in California means they can afford to get kids married, build a better house etc. It is just plain economics. Since humans are by and large lazy, they don’t bother abt leaning anything but the min required lang to better their lives. Adding extra language into the mix is a waste of time. I am not talking of Hindi only, even suggesting any other local language is also met with boohoo. So I am sorry to say English trumps anything else. I suppose economy trumps cultural patriotism . Sorry !