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Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by A.C. Sethi

A.C. Sethi — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:20:58 +0000

Dear Sunitaji

Lot of debate on national language. Now whether there should be a national language or not it is a political issue and all political issues in our country remain in limbo. The important thing is that there should a common language for communication between varied cultural and languish people in our country. At the moment we are managing using Hinglish (Hindi and English) to communicate. I remember, some time back I was in Bangalore where my son was doing job. My wife, who can read and write English but cannot converse in English, an American ( female ) friend of my son and the local maid, who neither could understand Hindi or English were conversing and were able to communicate. I enjoyed the way they were communicating.

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Amit

Amit — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:29:14 +0000

I agree with the posts that say that we do not need a national language. Fine. But, is it necessary to beat up someone who chooses to speak in a particular language. And, then, of course, after that, a mandatory lecture as to how uncivilized and barbarous North Indians are!

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Rajeev

Rajeev — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:46:28 +0000

Bechari and Awara..kya baat hai..

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Saurabh R

Saurabh R — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:21:22 +0000

Copying my idea from the Sunita’s earlier blog
support this 100%

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Anil Kumar

Anil Kumar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:32:05 +0000

So true my female cousins get same opportunity as our male cousins. but whenever female ones do porly in their academics buzzword is “bechari”. but when male ones screw up buzzword is “aawara”

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Rajeev

Rajeev — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:30:01 +0000

Actually it is over-reported. This 8% include people who can speak tooti footi english.
The 8% of Indian population is 100 million people which is more than population of Mother Britain.
Vande Britain.

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Rajeev

Rajeev — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:28:15 +0000

Manjari,
I guess males are treated fairly around the world except India.
In India, a women is always a bechari, devi, tyagi but never a criminal.

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Manjari

Manjari — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:33:45 +0000

Rajiv waise u know its international mens’s day today.

Hope you remember that male basher thread .

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Manjari

Manjari — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:31:15 +0000

heheheheheeh@chele chapate

Comment on Yes, We Do Not Have A National Language! by Loose Cannon

Loose Cannon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:43:38 +0000

Yes, there will be a huge jump in English speaking populace by 2020. This is because English is now the language required to be professional, to gain knowledge, to understand modern concepts.
The practitioners of Indian languages haven’t managed to develop their respective languages to bring it on par with that of English. Most of the modern Science and Economics literature is available in English, and I dare say, can be best understood in English.
Indians speak their language because they have a sense of attachment, a sense of belonging, of history. But, we have all been resting on the laurels earned by our grandpas and grandmas.
The Q most ppl ask is why should we learn Tamil? Hindi? Marathi? etc. It does not provide us jobs, it does not educate us enough to compete in this world(most indian lang education is limited till 12th std)
The next challenge for Indian languages is to make develop their language to explain modern concepts.