Hindi Diwas should be observed as black day, say groups promoting Bengali pride

[Che palle]

y PTI
KOLKATA: Several groups promoting Bengali sub-nationalism on Monday called upon non-Hindi speaking people to mark Hindi Diwas as 'black day' in protest against alleged discriminatory attitude towards the Bengali language by the Centre.

Hindi Diwas is observed on this day annually to commemorate the adoption of Hindi as one of the official languages of the country.

Organisations such as Bangla Pokkho and Jatiyo Bangla Sammelan demand that the central government desist from "imposing Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states".

In West Bengal's post offices, railway stations and airports which are run by the central government, Hindi is more visible in signboards than Bengali, Bangla Pokkho alleged in a statement.

"This is inconsistent with India's policy of giving equal importance to the language of the majority of the people in non-Hindi speaking states. This is nothing short of Hindi aggression. We oppose this. Hindi Diwas should be observed as black day in this state," the statement said.

The organisation said that an estimated 83 per cent people know only Bengali in this state and they should not be ignored.

"The strength of India rests in its unity in diversity, not in imposition of Hindi or efforts to make it a unifying language across different regions," the statement said, demanding that linguistic diversity of the country be celebrated on February 21, the International Mother Language Day.

Another organization, Jatiyo Bangla Sammelan, launched a campaign on this day, saying that Hindi Diwas should not be celebrated in West Bengal.

The outfit also supported the demand by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for declaring Bengali as a classical language in new National Education Policy 2020.

Banerjee in a tweet called upon the Centre to accord classical language status to Bengali while underscoring her commitment to give equal importance to other languages including Hindi and not ignoring any language.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/ci...y-groups-promoting-bengali-pride-2196913.html

West Bengal toh ekhon Hindustan er colony hoe gese

 

[Sharma Ji]

Whole country speaks Hindi, even the Tamils.. this is a non issue.

 

[Che palle]

Whole country speaks Hindi, even the Tamils.. this is a non issue.

Why should they? It ain't their language

 

[Sharma Ji]

Why should they? It ain't their language

nobody is forced to

it's common currency here, Hindi

everyone speaks it, no need to make a fuss about this whole "Hindi imposition" bs, it's quite silly

 

[Che palle]

nobody is forced too

it's common currency here, Hindi

everyone speaks it, no need to make a fuss about this whole "Hindi imposition" bs, it's quite silly

"Everyone speaks it" - lol, for real? Go to some Bengali/Kannada/Telugu/Tamil village and try speaking Hindi there. I guarantee no one would understand you

Seeing all this from Europe is so damn funny. India is one country with no logic behind its creation whatsoever. Imagine a German coming to Italy and asking the locals to speak in Deutsch, LMAO

 

[Sharma Ji]

"Everyone speaks it" - lol, for real? Go to some Bengali/Kannada/Telugu/Tamil village and try speaking Hindi there. I guarantee no one would understand you

Seeing all this from Europe is so damn funny. India is one country with no logic behind its creation whatsoever. Imagine a German coming to Italy and asking the locals to speak in Deutsch, LMAO

In all the major cities, hubs etc, yes they do.

traveled fair bit of the hinterland, I can get by in India just fine, thanks.

 

[Che palle]

In all the major cities, hubs etc, yes they do.

traveled fair bit of the hinterland, I can get by in India just fine, thanks.

That ain't true at all. I visited Bangalore with me sisters back in 2015, and no one there spoke Hindi with us. We had to use our guide for translation purposes. Then there's that other city in the south, I forgot it's name, no one there spoke Hindi either. Luckily the guys there spoke some English so we got by.

traveled fair bit of the hinterland, I can get by in India just fine, thanks.

Please explore the villages of Tamil Nadu speaking Hindi only. I'd love to see how you get by

 

[Sharma Ji]

That ain't true at all. I visited Bangalore with me sisters back in 2015, and no one there spoke Hindi with us. We had to use our guide for translation purposes. Then there's that other city in the south, I forgot it's name, no one there spoke Hindi either. Luckily the guys there spoke some English so we got by.

Please explore the villages of Tamil Nadu speaking Hindi only. I'd love to see how you get by

I've never had a problem anywhere in India speaking Hindi, others speak different levels of it but it helps one get by anywhere.

 

[Che palle]

I've never had a problem anywhere in India speaking Hindi, others speak different levels of it but it helps one get by anywhere.

You should be thankful for that really. I don't think North Indians speak Kannada or Tamil to southern Indians who go there

 

[manlion]

y PTI
KOLKATA: Several groups promoting Bengali sub-nationalism on Monday called upon non-Hindi speaking people to mark Hindi Diwas as 'black day' in protest against alleged discriminatory attitude towards the Bengali language by the Centre.

Hindi Diwas is observed on this day annually to commemorate the adoption of Hindi as one of the official languages of the country.

Organisations such as Bangla Pokkho and Jatiyo Bangla Sammelan demand that the central government desist from "imposing Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states".

In West Bengal's post offices, railway stations and airports which are run by the central government, Hindi is more visible in signboards than Bengali, Bangla Pokkho alleged in a statement.

"This is inconsistent with India's policy of giving equal importance to the language of the majority of the people in non-Hindi speaking states. This is nothing short of Hindi aggression. We oppose this. Hindi Diwas should be observed as black day in this state," the statement said.

The organisation said that an estimated 83 per cent people know only Bengali in this state and they should not be ignored.

"The strength of India rests in its unity in diversity, not in imposition of Hindi or efforts to make it a unifying language across different regions," the statement said, demanding that linguistic diversity of the country be celebrated on February 21, the International Mother Language Day.

Another organization, Jatiyo Bangla Sammelan, launched a campaign on this day, saying that Hindi Diwas should not be celebrated in West Bengal.

The outfit also supported the demand by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for declaring Bengali as a classical language in new National Education Policy 2020.

Banerjee in a tweet called upon the Centre to accord classical language status to Bengali while underscoring her commitment to give equal importance to other languages including Hindi and not ignoring any language.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/ci...y-groups-promoting-bengali-pride-2196913.html

West Bengal toh ekhon Hindustan er colony hoe gese

A waste Product of hindi imperialism

 

[pikkuboss]

Bengal by large understand Hindi. Maybe Southern indians find it difficult to speak Hindi. Northern Indians very much understand Hindi even Bangladeshis understand Hindi and watch Hindi entertainments like Pakistanis.

 

[letsrock]

nobody is forced to

it's common currency here, Hindi

everyone speaks it, no need to make a fuss about this whole "Hindi imposition" bs, it's quite silly

Hindi imposition is BS really ? then why does not indian govt publish it circullars in all its official languages ? if it cannot then why does it collect taxes from them ?

That could be a troll comment. Ganguly is a Bengali surname . I don't believe any Bengali would be so passionate to spread Hindi .

A brahmin surname. You gotta seperate them. They were always the lapdogs of ruling class. When akbar came they became his birbal, when british came they became their IAS officer directing them where peasants are hiding and collecting taxes, when delhi empire came they are lapdogs of congress and bjp.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Hindi imposition is BS really ? then why does not indian govt publish it circullars in all its official languages ? if it cannot then why does it collect taxes from them ?

It's the most widely understood and spoken (at varying levels of proficiency) language in our country, much more so than English, which is a close second as common lingual currency. It is just more convenient to publish in Hindi I guess.

kya problem hai ?

 

[Che palle]

Hindi imposition is BS really ? then why does not indian govt publish it circullars in all its official languages ? if it cannot then why does it collect taxes from them ?


A brahmin surname. You gotta seperate them. They were always the lapdogs of ruling class. When akbar came they became his birbal, when british came they became their IAS officer directing them where peasants are hiding and collecting taxes, when delhi empire came they are lapdogs of congress and bjp.

Don't try talking sense to him. He believes people in rural non-Hindi states can read Hindi (LOL)

It's the most widely understood and spoken (at varying levels of proficiency) language in our country, much more so than English, which is a close second as common lingual currency. It is just more convenient to publish in Hindi I guess.

kya problem hai ?

A labourer from Tamil Nadu going to the North won't be having a signboard in his mother tongue, but a labourer from the Hindi heartland would (nothwithstanding that both Tamil and Hindi are official languages). English would have easily solved this disparity, but nah, you have to use Hindi cause Hindi speakers are the majority. If this is not blatant discrimination, then what is? It's easy for you since you are a Hindi speaker (like talking to that other Indian guy in Hindi without knowing whether he's comfortable speaking it), but other ethnicities might not be comfortable having to speak to you in your mother tongue

 

[Che palle]

In Hindi Belt states , the signboards would be in Hindi and English. For whom do you think are signboards in English ? Offcourse not for the Local Hindi speakers right. So for those who don't understand Hindi, the option of English language is already available.

Read my first sentence carefully. I'm asking, why should Tamil Nadu and other non-Hindi states have signboards in Hindi to facilitate Hindi speakers when South Indian languages aren't featured in North Indian signboards? This makes literally no sense. You know, German is spoken in five European countries (yes FIVE) but you'll never see German signboards in Italy, France or anywhere else.

And you answered the question yourself, if English is already there as the international lingua franca why burden the southern states to learn Hindi on top of that? Southern Indians are completely justified in resenting this favouritism of a particular language over theirs