What is wrong not learning Hindi? - Page 14

Originally posted by: hindu4lyf

^Lekin yaar who/what is there to feel jealous of?

There is no state that one can be angry about that oh yeah why do we have to speak their language, it;s not like that at all so why should anyone feel any sort of anger?

I agree completelyyy with gauri. Most desis just wanna make sure their kids know hindi so they can communicate with other desis lol.

None of my desi friends actually know hindi fluently other than from bollywood, but if I were to say things like bhudda or kutha :P then they'd understand. Even my sri lankan friends have caught on now what they mean and hell they use it against me! :( lol

If marathis don't mind that hindi is being used widely in their city then why should anyone else mind? If you love your mother tongue so much then keep talking in it, whose stopping you? Learning a new language doesn't mean forgetting your old one does it?

Originally posted by: souro

Nah Gauri, I don't really agree with this. I mean it may be bewajah or with wajah (which is what the debate is all about in the first place), but ego will be there. It's like 'why him, why not me??' If tomorrow India plans to make Mumbai the capital city, people of Delhi will say that why what is wrong with our city. Even though they know that Mumbai is the financial capital of India, but they'll still find it hard to let go. It's kind of similar to promotion in work place. If someone is chosen ahead of us and we don't particularly think that s/he is more deserving, we'll find it difficult to let go.

Originally posted by: souro

To be very honest I don't think people oppose Hindi because they find it difficult to learn or because it's a foreign language for them, although that is what they say. Most schools teach three languages, so if they keep their mother tongue and English as 1st and 2nd language, they can still learn Hindi as the 3rd language. But no, people learn French or Sanskrit as 3rd language but not Hindi. In our school Hindi was compulsory as the 3rd language for those who had Bengali as 2nd language and for those who had Hindi as 2nd language, Bengali was compulsory as the 3rd language. Now, I don't think learning French or Sanskrit is any easier than Hindi. Which is why I feel it's more about what Gauri said, 'ego'. People feel threatened or maybe jealous that if some X language is declared as the national language then it will become superior to their language. And maybe that's why they oppose.
Obviously people will love their mother tongue and they won't want to see some other language at the top. That is what I feel.

Originally posted by: Golden iron

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what if you marry a bihari who does not know english and you are a telgu speaking....hmm i guess it will

Originally posted by: Gauri_3

Souro, personally speaking, I try to learn the regional language whichever region I visit. Even if it is some buzz words to help me connect with the locals. The smile on their faces when one makes the effort to learn and speak their mothertongue is worth all the efforts. I do that on my international trips too. Came back from Kazakhstan with some expressions in Russian.

This is why it beats me when I see such strong sentiments against one particular language that is spoken by lot more numbers than any other regional language. I feel all this anti-hindi wave is mostly political and partially egoistic. No other rationale comes to my mind. Like I said, I would have learned any regional language had they made it national language instead of hindi. I really fail to see what all this hulla ballo is all about except for some sort of supioriority non-hindi speakers attach to the "national language" tag Hindi has after it.

Non hindi folks who don't know english will have a nightmare communicationg with folks from other regions. Trust me, at the end of the day - hindi is just any other Indian language. If one doesn't want to support it - fine. But then they should not crib later that they can't communicate with people outside their region. I find people harboring anti-hindi sentiments and people that resist learning regional language of the region they migrated to to be koop-mandook --- kuyen ka mendhak. Get out of your region, get over the politically created complexes and see for yourself how beautiful all Indians are - be able to communicate with them in an Indian language. They'll be surprised to find the hindi-speaking Indians having the same issues they have...same happinesses and sorrows that they have. Deep down, we all suffer from our corrupt politicians who use religion, region, language or cast to keep dividing us and we let them do that by playing on our unfounded fears.

Originally posted by: sandya_rao7

bingo!!!👏👍🏼

Originally posted by: rongna

yet many of us still use english when discussing in this forum

Originally posted by: rongna

yet many of us still use english when discussing in this forum