National Award-winning filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday said though Hindi was a “beautiful language” and it should be counted as a regional one, it should not be imposed on others.

“Hindi is a very beautiful language. There are very fine writers in Hindi, no doubt about that, but you cannot impose Hindi over and above others... not only administratively but even otherwise,” he said on the sidelines of the second edition of Gateway LitFest here.

"Three months down the line, there will be a regulation that will make every mobile phone sold in India mandatory to have English, Hindi and one regional language," a senior DoT official said.

The official said that to make Digital India a success, "broadband cannot be limited to English-speaking middle and upper class Indians and it needs to go down to rural areas".

confuzzled dude wrote:

National Award-winning filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday said though Hindi was a “beautiful language” and it should be counted as a regional one, it should not be imposed on others.

“Hindi is a very beautiful language. There are very fine writers in Hindi, no doubt about that, but you cannot impose Hindi over and above others... not only administratively but even otherwise,” he said on the sidelines of the second edition of Gateway LitFest here.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hindi-cant-be-imposed-on-others/article8264695.ece

southindian wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

National Award-winning filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday said though Hindi was a “beautiful language” and it should be counted as a regional one, it should not be imposed on others.

“Hindi is a very beautiful language. There are very fine writers in Hindi, no doubt about that, but you cannot impose Hindi over and above others... not only administratively but even otherwise,” he said on the sidelines of the second edition of Gateway LitFest here.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hindi-cant-be-imposed-on-others/article8264695.ece

Is this a 28 day period thing you have, when you have to bring this up again an again?

The same trumpet is getting old.

confuzzled dude wrote:

southindian wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

National Award-winning filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday said though Hindi was a “beautiful language” and it should be counted as a regional one, it should not be imposed on others.

“Hindi is a very beautiful language. There are very fine writers in Hindi, no doubt about that, but you cannot impose Hindi over and above others... not only administratively but even otherwise,” he said on the sidelines of the second edition of Gateway LitFest here.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hindi-cant-be-imposed-on-others/article8264695.ece

Is this a 28 day period thing you have, when you have to bring this up again an again?

The same trumpet is getting old.

If you're a well wisher of India, you will have to bring it up time and again, else stupid North Indians with their pea-sized brains will try their best to drag India down/hold the country back at every opportunity.

How is that bad? Not everyone knows english. Using indian languages within india is dragging India down/holding the country back? 

Kinnera wrote:
How is that bad? Not everyone knows english. Using indian languages within india is dragging India down/holding the country back? 

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:
How is that bad? Not everyone knows english. Using indian languages within india is dragging India down/holding the country back? 

For example, in your ancestral town Madanapalle, Telugu & Kannada serve a better purpose than Hindi & Telugu and similarly in Kuppam, services in Tamil & Telugu would be better off than Hindi. Hindi is & will be completely irrelevant in such places.

Kinnera wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:
How is that bad? Not everyone knows english. Using indian languages within india is dragging India down/holding the country back? 

For example, in your ancestral town Madanapalle, Telugu & Kannada serve a better purpose than Hindi & Telugu and similarly in Kuppam, services in Tamil & Telugu would be better off than Hindi. Hindi is & will be completely irrelevant in such places.

They may not know a word of english either. So, english will also be completely irrelevant in such places (according to your logic, why have english?). But, they would still have a regional language, for eg, telugu. What's the problem?

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:
How is that bad? Not everyone knows english. Using indian languages within india is dragging India down/holding the country back? 

For example, in your ancestral town Madanapalle, Telugu & Kannada serve a better purpose than Hindi & Telugu and similarly in Kuppam, services in Tamil & Telugu would be better off than Hindi. Hindi is & will be completely irrelevant in such places.

They may not know a word of english either. So, english will also be completely irrelevant in such places (according to your logic, why have english?). But, they would still have a regional language, for eg, telugu. What's the problem?

I doubt it very much but if that is the case (they can do a survey to find out) then remove both English & Hindi rather than pushing their agenda.

Kinnera wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:
How is that bad? Not everyone knows english. Using indian languages within india is dragging India down/holding the country back? 

For example, in your ancestral town Madanapalle, Telugu & Kannada serve a better purpose than Hindi & Telugu and similarly in Kuppam, services in Tamil & Telugu would be better off than Hindi. Hindi is & will be completely irrelevant in such places.

They may not know a word of english either. So, english will also be completely irrelevant in such places (according to your logic, why have english?). But, they would still have a regional language, for eg, telugu. What's the problem?

I doubt it very much but if that is the case (they can do a survey to find out) then remove both English & Hindi rather than pushing their agenda.

Have no doubts. That would be the case with many many people. Yeah, weed out english, weed out hindi, use only regional languages in the regional pockets. Problem solved?

Which is less complicated? Having the three language formula which could cover almost all of India or whatever you are implying above?

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:

Kinnera wrote:
How is that bad? Not everyone knows english. Using indian languages within india is dragging India down/holding the country back? 

For example, in your ancestral town Madanapalle, Telugu & Kannada serve a better purpose than Hindi & Telugu and similarly in Kuppam, services in Tamil & Telugu would be better off than Hindi. Hindi is & will be completely irrelevant in such places.

They may not know a word of english either. So, english will also be completely irrelevant in such places (according to your logic, why have english?). But, they would still have a regional language, for eg, telugu. What's the problem?

I doubt it very much but if that is the case (they can do a survey to find out) then remove both English & Hindi rather than pushing their agenda.