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A language is imposed when it is (1) not the mother tongue and (2) it is made the medium of education and (3) there’s no other option.
The only language that is imposed in India is English. It is forced in Higher Education, in IIT, IIM, AIIMS, High Courts... with no choice.
The only language that is imposed in India is English. It is forced in Higher Education, in IIT, IIM, AIIMS, High Courts... with no choice.
A language added is not an imposition. Additional languages on signs etc provide more inclusive access.
Unless Hindi is becoming the primary medium it is no threat. Languages are destroyed when the medium changes. English is destroying languages as it become primary *medium*.
Unless Hindi is becoming the primary medium it is no threat. Languages are destroyed when the medium changes. English is destroying languages as it become primary *medium*.
Often those who scream #HindiImposition don’t care for their own languages.
They deface signs with Hindi as an additional access language but do no work for Higher Ed or Courts in their language.
They exploit sentiment for local language for their aim of English supremacy.
They deface signs with Hindi as an additional access language but do no work for Higher Ed or Courts in their language.
They exploit sentiment for local language for their aim of English supremacy.
Good for you. But I bet you are not the one going around defacing signs. Even more important is Higher Ed and Courts in #IndianLanguages.
I call it lack of access. But strange you don’t point out the English imposition. UPSC question papers in Hindi were so bad, they were unreadable. All for English supremacy.
Union Govt must provide access in all Indian languages for competitive exams.
Union Govt must provide access in all Indian languages for competitive exams.
Then find something to do. 😏
Yes, that is what I recommend. India should support all 22 languages at the Center, draw from a common technical vocabulary like Europe did from Latin.
Language is standardized in a top down approach. For French, for Chinese, for others, there are commissions which create new words. India has a natural base in Sanskrit as Europe has for Latin in Scientific usage.
What part of my policy advocacy of “Union Govt must support all 22 languages” is unclear?
Yes, Govt is wrong. It must reply in the language that people want: That is basic customer service.
Yes, Govt is wrong. It must reply in the language that people want: That is basic customer service.
Go to any major Hindu temple in Varanasi and you will find Kannada. India was always multi-lingual. The colonial imposition by English State is the root of the problem.
Because State is not forcing it as the medium of education as it is doing for English in Higher Ed. The State’s policies are causing big shift to English medium, not Hindi medium. Read my 3 points again.
So Indians never communicated with each other before the British came and imposed English—it was all a big chaos. 😏
Our slavery is so deep we don’t even know what freedom means. Like British said they can’t leave because the country will fall apart. 😌
Our slavery is so deep we don’t even know what freedom means. Like British said they can’t leave because the country will fall apart. 😌
