Cool: #StopHindiImposition trending in India

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:From the Hindu

Demand to declare 22 languages as official languages of India

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was making his Independence Day speech in Hindi on Saturday, hundreds of tech-savvy Indians took to Twitter to protest against how the Central governments have historically privileged Hindi over other Indian languages, by sending out pointed tweets criticising what they alleged as India’s flawed language policy.
This campaign was organised by members of Facebook advocacy group, Promote Linguistic Equality, to protest and raise awareness of how non-Hindi States are often coerced into using Hindi. For several hours on Saturday, #StopHindiImposition was a trending topic in many of the non-Hindi cities.
Asked why Independence Day was hand-picked to organise this protest, Prasanna LM, a main organiser of the campaign and a student, said, “We felt that August 15 would be the best day to highlight the fact that Indians can enjoy true independence only when all Indians and their languages are given equal status. Otherwise, non-Hindi speakers will remain as second class citizens. We demand that all 22 languages of union be declared as official languages under the 8th Schedule of the Constitution,” he said.
The campaign had the participation of hundreds of social media users who share the same demand.
Speaking about how the campaign was organised, Vishal V Navekar said, “We prepared a database of tweets in different languages and asked our members to tweet them using the hashtag #StopHindiImposition,” he said.
The Twitterati also kick-started a debate on issues faced by non-Hindi speakers.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:making all 22 languages official is idiotic...bcz every year there will be demand to include more and more.

Make English the only official language. No favoritism as it will be a phoren language for almost all Indians. It will make the a few NE Indians feel happy and more Indian than others.

Hindi being the language spoken by most Indians does not wash. That becomes the imposition of majority wish on minority. This goes against the ethos of Indianism which always is subservient to the Minorities.

So English it should be.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:making all 22 languages official is idiotic...bcz every year there will be demand to include more and more.

Make English the only official language. No favoritism as it will be a phoren language for almost all Indians. It will make the a few NE Indians feel happy and more Indian than others.

Hindi being the language spoken by most Indians does not wash. That becomes the imposition of majority wish on minority. This goes against the ethos of Indianism which always is subservient to the Minorities.

So English it should be.

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:making all 22 languages official is idiotic...bcz every year there will be demand to include more and more.

Make English the only official language. No favoritism as it will be a phoren language for almost all Indians. It will make the a few NE Indians feel happy and more Indian than others.

Hindi being the language spoken by most Indians does not wash. That becomes the imposition of majority wish on minority. This goes against the ethos of Indianism which always is subservient to the Minorities.

So English it should be.

Actually European Union has 24 official languages.. Indian Union is equally or more diverse than European Union. With the technology we have now this is no big deal. 

Getting services from the government in his/her language is the most basic fundamental right in a democracy.

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:making all 22 languages official is idiotic...bcz every year there will be demand to include more and more.

Make English the only official language. No favoritism as it will be a phoren language for almost all Indians. It will make the a few NE Indians feel happy and more Indian than others.

Hindi being the language spoken by most Indians does not wash. That becomes the imposition of majority wish on minority. This goes against the ethos of Indianism which always is subservient to the Minorities.

So English it should be.

Actually European Union has 24 official languages.. Indian Union is equally or more diverse than European Union. With the technology we have now this is no big deal. 

Getting services from the government in his/her language is the most basic fundamental right in a democracy.

WHAT????????????? india is now europe? is there a language like hindi in europe spoken by 60% of the population?

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:making all 22 languages official is idiotic...bcz every year there will be demand to include more and more.

Make English the only official language. No favoritism as it will be a phoren language for almost all Indians. It will make the a few NE Indians feel happy and more Indian than others.

Hindi being the language spoken by most Indians does not wash. That becomes the imposition of majority wish on minority. This goes against the ethos of Indianism which always is subservient to the Minorities.

So English it should be.

Actually European Union has 24 official languages.. Indian Union is equally or more diverse than European Union. With the technology we have now this is no big deal. 

Getting services from the government in his/her language is the most basic fundamental right in a democracy.

WHAT????????????? india is now europe? is there a language like hindi in europe spoken by 60% of the population?

Not just now, The region what we call as India is always much more diverse than Europe. Read history and geography.

swapna wrote:there is no need for any official language. it's not difficult to translate from one language to another, especially using computers.

making hindi an official language is not much use to hindi speakers either because a large % of them - about 35% in bihar - cannot read.

a special reason for NOT making hindi a national language: hindi speakers have proved themselves, in the past, to be incapable of making decisions for public benefit; their major objective is to gain an unfair advantage over the non-hindi-speaking peoples of india. 

illiterate northindians should therefore have as little control over language policy in india as possible, especially since none is needed.

a special reason fot NOT making english an official language of india: so that people like uppusaamy, bimaru brie, penius711, and veeraraghavan uthamaselvan would use their native languages more often, and would not feel obliged to  subject the rest of us innocent bystanders to the pain of decoding their english.

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

Not just now, The region what we call as India is always much more diverse than Europe. Read history and geography.

Veeu wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:making all 22 languages official is idiotic...bcz every year there will be demand to include more and more.

Make English the only official language. No favoritism as it will be a phoren language for almost all Indians. It will make the a few NE Indians feel happy and more Indian than others.

Hindi being the language spoken by most Indians does not wash. That becomes the imposition of majority wish on minority. This goes against the ethos of Indianism which always is subservient to the Minorities.

So English it should be.

Actually European Union has 24 official languages.. Indian Union is equally or more diverse than European Union. With the technology we have now this is no big deal. 

Getting services from the government in his/her language is the most basic fundamental right in a democracy.

WHAT????????????? india is now europe? is there a language like hindi in europe spoken by 60% of the population?

Not just now, The region what we call as India is always much more diverse than Europe. Read history and geography.

It is futile arguing with hindi fanatics, stupids and northindians. A majority of them belong to all the three categories.

swapna wrote:there is no need for any official language. it's not difficult to translate from one language to another, especially using computers.

making hindi an official language is not much use to hindi speakers either because a large % of them - about 35% in bihar - cannot read.

a special reason for NOT making hindi a national language: hindi speakers have proved themselves, in the past, to be incapable of making decisions for public benefit; their major objective is to gain an unfair advantage over the non-hindi-speaking peoples of india. 

illiterate northindians should therefore have as little control over language policy in india as possible, especially since none is needed.

a special reason fot NOT making english an official language of india: so that people like uppusaamy, bimaru brie, penius711, and veeraraghavan uthamaselvan would use their native languages more often, and would not feel obliged to  subject the rest of us innocent bystanders to the pain of decoding their english.

brie wrote:

swapna wrote:there is no need for any official language. it's not difficult to translate from one language to another, especially using computers.

making hindi an official language is not much use to hindi speakers either because a large % of them - about 35% in bihar - cannot read.

a special reason for NOT making hindi a national language: hindi speakers have proved themselves, in the past, to be incapable of making decisions for public benefit; their major objective is to gain an unfair advantage over the non-hindi-speaking peoples of india. 

illiterate northindians should therefore have as little control over language policy in india as possible, especially since none is needed.

a special reason fot NOT making english an official language of india: so that people like uppusaamy, bimaru brie, penius711, and veeraraghavan uthamaselvan would use their native languages more often, and would not feel obliged to  subject the rest of us innocent bystanders to the pain of decoding their english.

it must be tiresome fighting with EVERYONE unless you are superman. 

wait... you are rajnkikant!

Veeu wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:making all 22 languages official is idiotic...bcz every year there will be demand to include more and more.

Make English the only official language. No favoritism as it will be a phoren language for almost all Indians. It will make the a few NE Indians feel happy and more Indian than others.

Hindi being the language spoken by most Indians does not wash. That becomes the imposition of majority wish on minority. This goes against the ethos of Indianism which always is subservient to the Minorities.

So English it should be.

Actually European Union has 24 official languages.. Indian Union is equally or more diverse than European Union. With the technology we have now this is no big deal. 

Getting services from the government in his/her language is the most basic fundamental right in a democracy.

WHAT????????????? india is now europe? is there a language like hindi in europe spoken by 60% of the population?

Not just now, The region what we call as India is always much more diverse than Europe. Read history and geography.

It is futile arguing with hindi fanatics, stupids and northindians. A majority of them belong to all the three categories.

swapna wrote:

swapna wrote:there is no need for any official language. it's not difficult to translate from one language to another, especially using computers.....

a special reason fot NOT making english an official language of india: so that people like uppusaamy, bimaru brie, penius711, and veeraraghavan uthamaselvan would use their native languages more often, and would not feel obliged to  subject the rest of us innocent bystanders to the pain of decoding their english.

Kayalvizhi wrote:I have psted the solution many times here and elsewhere.

"As long as Tamil Nadu is part of India, Hindi will be imposed on the Tamil people irrespective of who is in power in New Delhi or who is in power in Tamil Nadu." Chisel these words on a rock and set that rock in front of the Tamil Nadu State Assembly. - Dr. Thanjai Nalankilli 
http://www.tamiltribune.com/99/1202/html

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:So the campaign that our facebook group Promote Linguistic Equality started resulted in this TV  debate in NDTV.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/agenda/stophindiimposition-the-return-of-language-wars/379425

Watch for fun.

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:So the campaign that our facebook group Promote Linguistic Equality started resulted in this TV  debate in NDTV.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/agenda/stophindiimposition-the-return-of-language-wars/379425

Watch for fun.

hahahahahahahaah! thanks for posting this!

ashok chaKradhar (seeing him after decades -- last i met him was at a kavi sammelan organized by my father) - mein hindi me dheere dheere bol raha hun jaise jin logon ko hindi nahi aati wo bhi samajh payen.

with such attitudes, only a bloody rebellion can stop hindi imposition!

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:So the campaign that our facebook group Promote Linguistic Equality started resulted in this TV  debate in NDTV.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/agenda/stophindiimposition-the-return-of-language-wars/379425

Watch for fun.

hahahahahahahaah! thanks for posting this!

ashok chaKradhar (seeing him after decades -- last i met him was at a kavi sammelan organized by my father) - mein hindi me dheere dheere bol raha hun jaise jin logon ko hindi nahi aati wo bhi samajh payen.

with such attitudes, only a bloody rebellion can stop hindi imposition!

I welcome attitudes like that from Hindian idiots. It will push the otherwise cool-aid drinking , nationalist non Hindians towards our side. 

Eventually we will attain our goal.

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:So the campaign that our facebook group Promote Linguistic Equality started resulted in this TV  debate in NDTV.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/agenda/stophindiimposition-the-return-of-language-wars/379425

Watch for fun.

hahahahahahahaah! thanks for posting this!

ashok chaKradhar (seeing him after decades -- last i met him was at a kavi sammelan organized by my father) - mein hindi me dheere dheere bol raha hun jaise jin logon ko hindi nahi aati wo bhi samajh payen.

with such attitudes, only a bloody rebellion can stop hindi imposition!

I welcome attitudes like that from Hindian idiots. It will push the otherwise cool-aid drinking , nationalist non Hindians towards our side. 

Eventually we will attain our goal.

very cute ponni, but, you see ponni, this "movement" is a farce. it is not a movement. from fb to twitter to ndtv to ... instagram, whaatsapp, youtube. jasmine revolution? 

ponni there is no ground support. no kannadiga worth his salt gives a fuck as such, but, yes, it's all makes for good "fun" and frolic.

i will be a happy customer to see you attaining your goal, for, in all honesty:

- i do not give a fuck for hindi;
- i believe indians should learn english mandatorily;
- i am amused by the logic of your likes as to why hindi should not be imposed -- logic demands it should be.

swapna wrote:

Veeu wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

brie wrote:

Ponniyin Selvan wrote:

Actually European Union has 24 official languages.. Indian Union is equally or more diverse than European Union. With the technology we have now this is no big deal. 

Getting services from the government in his/her language is the most basic fundamental right in a democracy.

WHAT????????????? india is now europe? is there a language like hindi in europe spoken by 60% of the population?

Not just now, The region what we call as India is always much more diverse than Europe. Read history and geography.

It is futile arguing with hindi fanatics, stupids and northindians. A majority of them belong to all the three categories.

is bimaru brie not your "bhayya" anymore? is it ever awkward to be caught being opportunistic? you may want to discuss opportunism with uppusaamy.