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Is this necessary?? Why do they need to do a song?

Originally posted by: ponymo

As per your earlier comment, only 25% are native Hindi speakers and only 44% understand Hindi. More than half the population are not Hindi speakers.

Unity should be in embracing and accounting for all the diversity, not just pandering to the majority.

It says 44 % speak hindi in various dialects...Not understand..

Percentage of people who understand hindi is much higher

Originally posted by: Eboza

Is this necessary?? Why do they need to do a song?

Why can't they? It's done by CRPF to honour martyrs

Originally posted by: Heisenberg23

While diversity is needed, having a song in Hindi does mean that it is accessible and understood by more people. Considering that Hindi is spoken by ~45% of the Indian population and has official recognition in 13 states and 3 UTs, it makes perfect sense for that to be chosen for this song by the government who’d want more people to be able to understand this without translation. No one is barring anyone else interested to release songs in other languages.

Note: Edited from ~50% to 45%

If it was an independent, private production, like Uri, I don't have any issues. But it's funded by the government, which in turn is funded by people's taxes; all people, not just people who are Hindi speakers.

India is a democratic country, with 22 official and more than 100 unofficial languages. When this is the scenario, how can any one impose only one language to the whole country? Understood by 44%, great. What about the other 56%? What should they do?

Originally posted by: ponymo

If it was an independent, private production, like Uri, I don't have any issues. But it's funded by the government, which in turn is funded by people's taxes; all people, not just people who are Hindi speakers.

India is a democratic country, with 22 official and more than 100 unofficial languages. When this is the scenario, how can any one impose only one language to the whole country? Understood by 44%, great. What about the other 56%? What should they do?

This song is being released by the CRPF as a homage to the martyrs so they will obviously try to maximize its reach. Agreed that it cannot be understood by everyone in the country, but it is the mode through which maximum people will be able to understand it.

If it was made in a language understood by 8% of the population then 92% wouldn’t be able to get it. Surely you comprehend that chosing Hindi as the medium minimizes the gap between the people who can grasp it and those who can’t.

Originally posted by: Heisenberg23

This song is being released by the CRPF as a homage to the martyrs so they will obviously try to maximize its reach. Agreed that it cannot be understood by everyone in the country, but it is the mode through which maximum people will be able to understand it.

If it was made in a language understood by 8% of the population then 92% wouldn’t be able to get it. Surely you comprehend that chosing Hindi as the medium minimizes the gap between the people who can grasp it and those who can’t.

The logic of maximizing reach is obvious and understood.

My point is, why are 56% of the people paying taxes for 44% of the people to understand a song?

Originally posted by: ponymo

If it was an independent, private production, like Uri, I don't have any issues. But it's funded by the government, which in turn is funded by people's taxes; all people, not just people who are Hindi speakers.

This would not even amount to 0.0001% of the tax amount collected, so thats a moot argument.

By this logic, having ads of polio awareness etc. in Hindi is also a violation of taxpayers speaking other languages since they won’t be able to understand it.

Originally posted by: ponymo

The logic of maximizing reach is obvious and understood.

My point is, why are 56% of the people paying taxes for 44% of the people to understand a song?

What do you think the budget of the song is to have any impact on taxes???

Also, thats a pretty common thing- all the tax that I pay is not attributed to things that would impact only me.

Originally posted by: ponymo

If it was an independent, private production, like Uri, I don't have any issues. But it's funded by the government, which in turn is funded by people's taxes; all people, not just people who are Hindi speakers.

India is a democratic country, with 22 official and more than 100 unofficial languages. When this is the scenario, how can any one impose only one language to the whole country? Understood by 44%, great. What about the other 56%? What should they do?

What makes u think it is funded by government? Check the tweet..It is produced by Happy productions..And the song was conceived long back..After Pulwama attack..Shooting had started in April end..

U don't need to worry where our government uses our tax money

Originally posted by: Heisenberg23

This would not even amount to 0.0001% of the tax amount collected, so thats a moot argument.

By this logic, having ads of polio awareness etc. in Hindi is also a violation of taxpayers speaking other languages since they won’t be able to understand it.

Some people know only how to divide..Ignore them..Hum apna dil aur soch badi rakhein