@sam9s: what make you think that English is not needed to be our national language?isnt it emotions against british?
India is NOT North india, but South ,east and west India too. when we can communicate with everywhere the world and to other south indians in ENGLISH ,what is the need for us to learn a alien language like hindi to speak to you ppl?eh?
I just quote :
Anti-Hindi Imposition agitation is a term used to describe the opposition of people of Tamil Nadu who voiced against the Indian Government's attempts to impose Hindi as the sole Official language of India during 1960s. [1] The same feeling even continues now. Even though officially, the Indian government has both Hindi and English as official language for communication with the states. The states can choose their official language (as spoken by majority) along with English. Today, many confuse the original 'Anti-Hindi' imposition for official purposes to anti-Hindi language use.[2]
Annadurai's Speech in Indian Parliament
In an address in 1962, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C N Annadurai made the following statements opposing Hindi imposition: "It is claimed that Hindi should be common language because it is spoken by the majority. Why should we then claim the tiger as our national animal instead of the rat which is so much more numerous? Or the peacock as our national bird when the crow is ubiquitous?"
Annadurai also said,
"Since every school in India teaches English, why can't it be our link language? Why do Tamils have to study English for communication with the world and Hindi for communications within India? Do we need a big door for the big dog and a small door for the small dog? I say, let the small dog use the big door too!" [3]
Most people in Tamilnadu feel that if Hindi enters their land, their classical language and ancient culture/tradition would be no more, citing cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad where the native language is rendered nearly auxiliary: in any of these cities it is entirely possible to live without knowing the native language, with Hindi serving as lingua franca; in so much that both political and non-political organizations alike have expressed concerns over the future of their native language/culture [4][5][6][7]
read here :
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hindi_agitations
Hindi as much as foreign language to South Indians as is the English is!.first learn this!
Njaan Ippol ee parayunnatu ninakku manasilakunundoda cherukka?{MALAYALAM}
^Now ,tell me the similarity between Hindi and Malayalam?
got it?
Isnt us in a democratic country?why you northies always think that whole india speaks hindi? when we are not interested ,you CANNOT force the damn thing on us
English is welcome in South India as Historically South Indians are more into English due to British.also ,unlike north indians ,South India prospered ,atleast many parts of madras ,Travancore ,Mysore etc under British Rule.
British does more of a benefit here.we are not under them ,but we are ruled by our own kings ,who have treaties with british.
So ,this blind English hating and being a hypocrat of posting and learning in English must be answered.
but we dont.English is only needed.Hindi should not be enforced.I have learned that even if I try to say this here ,north indians 90% of them ,dont understand the reality.come ,down south understand the scenario here.really ppl there north! we dont even know ,most of us what hindi is! sometimes hindi is a term used for denoting a north indian.but not a language!
dont fight.believe it.democracy means ,majority hindi cannot be forced to the neck of south Indians.infact ,south india itself is big,speakers of whole south indian languages also will be very huge.
