The problem of national language continues to plague India even today.It stings a lot to know that ENGLISH is mainly used
as a language through which entire INDIA remains connected. I mean people from
different states use English to communicate with each other...Even after 60+
years of independence we are not able to have a national language which can
unite everyone on a common platform
While the issues of ‘official language’ and ‘minority/majority languages are obviously determined by processes of the state, it is also necessary to note the evolution of languages themselves as parts of societal change. And, it is as important to see languages as modes of communalism as to note that they are also systems of misunderstanding. Thus, the linguistic problem has to be addressed at various levels: inters-group, inter-group; as elements of discourse and as barriers in social-cultural interaction.It hurts to know that we are dependent
on a foreign language to lead our lives in
different parts of our country. The thing which hurts even more is that a
person is looked down upon when he is not able to communicate properly in
English which is a foreign language in front of a group of people who have
their mother tongue as HINDI/TAMIL/TELUGU/OTHERS....
Why is it so????Why a person is considered to be
an illiterate if he doesn't know English??
Let’s respect our mother tongue first and then let’s
talk in English.
P.S.:-I felt like writing this article in Hindi
but sadly, everyone in INDIA is not united by a common language and moreover we should always keep in mind while selecting our national language that "If we had to accept the principle of numerical superiority while selecting our national bird, the choice would have fallen not on the peacock but on the common crow"
as a language through which entire INDIA remains connected. I mean people from
different states use English to communicate with each other...Even after 60+
years of independence we are not able to have a national language which can
unite everyone on a common platform
While the issues of ‘official language’ and ‘minority/majority languages are obviously determined by processes of the state, it is also necessary to note the evolution of languages themselves as parts of societal change. And, it is as important to see languages as modes of communalism as to note that they are also systems of misunderstanding. Thus, the linguistic problem has to be addressed at various levels: inters-group, inter-group; as elements of discourse and as barriers in social-cultural interaction.It hurts to know that we are dependent
on a foreign language to lead our lives in
different parts of our country. The thing which hurts even more is that a
person is looked down upon when he is not able to communicate properly in
English which is a foreign language in front of a group of people who have
their mother tongue as HINDI/TAMIL/TELUGU/OTHERS....
Why is it so????Why a person is considered to be
an illiterate if he doesn't know English??
Let’s respect our mother tongue first and then let’s
talk in English.
P.S.:-I felt like writing this article in Hindi
but sadly, everyone in INDIA is not united by a common language and moreover we should always keep in mind while selecting our national language that "If we had to accept the principle of numerical superiority while selecting our national bird, the choice would have fallen not on the peacock but on the common crow"
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