Nothing is special... it is jsut that the language is simpler than most regional languages for ALL indians to learn enough to communicate with each other without having to depend on a colonial language inside the country.
I say English is simpler because I go by the concept of one global language and other mother tongue.
When Hindi becomes a global language I will have no qualms in learning that.
Mate, this regionalism is not good. My region is suffering because of this mentality for years. NO one is saying stop speaking Tamil. Heck! I'd not agree to forget Denzonkha at all. My language is not Hindi but I've learnt it as a mark of simple INDIAN language to communicate to most of the states' people.
There is absolutely no regionalism here. I study what I want to study, Basic democratic freedom.
Only thing is I cant study a thing just because 'some' consider it a national language or whatever.
Will I call a UP wallah not knowing Tamil and not learning it a regionalistic goon ? Nopes. Its his wish to study Tamil or not. I have no business whatsoever dictating to him what to learn and what not to.
If you are a Bhutia and you study Hindi good for you. It doesnt mean its good for me too.
Moreover , frankly if you had the kind of opportunities in Sikkim like we have here I doubt if you would have learned Hindi at all. No offence, but its just a matter of fact.
Nehru attempted to impose yes. But has it been imposed? If it was imposed, there would have been a situation like CCP. Do you see a situation like CCP? Can you compare today's state here in India with that of Sinhala radicalism? I can challenge that you cannot. Because that is the amount of freedom our country grants us and it cannot be lied about.
Exactly - We cannot compare India to CCP which forced Mandarin/Han culture onto the hapless Tibetans or the Sinhalese who forced them on the Tamils, because India is what it is - A land where the language changes every 100 miles and I am damn proud of it.
That fool Nehru tried exactly that - forcing Hindi down our throats and that memory lingers still. Precious lives were lost and it cannot be easily forgotten.That's why I said had not Nehru not done that, perhaps (I say perhaps) situation would have been different.
But then still I will not/cannot accept Hindi as a national language because for the simple fact it does not represent the whole nation. And that fact only got amplified after the New Delhi's cold shoulder to our concerns on Lanka.
accusation and blaming "Hindi people" is a regionalist, political agenda just to gain cheap mileage in politics by sick politicians. Don't fall for these dirty divisive politics. For example, Arunachal has subdivisional dialects that once used to war with each other over language. But today they've come out of that mentality and along with their mother tongue's dialects, they've learnt Hindi to blend in easily and which makes communication very simple. Nothing about regional accent but just simple basic common INDIAN language.
I'm not blaming Hindi as such for anything. I am blaming the cow belt chauvinists for whom learning Hindi is an important step in proving your patriotism towards India (I have heard plenty of "Yeh bharatiya hei, lekin shudh hindi bhi nahi aata behind my back....and my reply was fcukk off Bhe*****)and those CBSE airheads who still think Hindi is a National Language !
Look what I am saying is simple - If you think Hindi is great..well and good. I am happy for you. But by the same metric respect my opinion if I say my language is equally good.
Giving 'National' status to a language that is hardly national (does not represent about 45% of the population) is by no means justified.
BTW who said we hate Hindi people ? - there are ample amounts of Biharis, UP wallahs and NE people working in Tamil Nadu in all sectors and have you heard one incident of hate crime against them ? I bet you would find nothing.
