Re: Story of languages!
yes Cultural invasion is one aspect. Remember, I mentioned that before independence south did not have exposure to hindi. So many feel threatened when national languages are proposed since they think that their language will lose prominence. Having said that, hindi is taught as 3rd lang in the south in schools but that is not enough to make them proficient speakers since the language is not native to the region. Making it an official language means that they will have to make an effort for proficiency which takes them outside their comfort zone. It is not the study of hindi but the time and effort required that will be needed if made an official language that people don’t want esp when it doesn’t better their lives in any ways economically. I suppose, they are more content with the status quo. Economy and languages are related to an extent. That is why US schools have started teaching Mandarin 