Language: Bridge Or Divide?

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Published 2017-05-14

On April 17 this year, the President accepted the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, giving a significant push to the use of Hindi in public discourse. The move has yet again invoked the ire of the non-Hindi speaking population of India, with the DMK threatening a replay of the anti-Hindi protests in Tamil Nadu in the 1960s. Another facet of this language debate is the deep Hindi-English class divide. On this edition of We The People, we ask: Is Hindi spoken widely enough to be the 'national' language of India? Is the Hindi push counter-productive to the organic growth of the language? Is the knowledge of only regional languages disadvantageous?

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All Comments (21)

@karthika4805 4 years ago

' தமிழ் ' மட்டுமே😀...
@whythiskolaveridi1883 6 years ago

India is a land of diversity if you want one language, please go to Pakistan.
@anonymousanonymous3393 6 years ago

Just because Hindi is spoken by majority doesn’t mean everyone should accept it. We all love our own language.
@vishalmurali1339 6 years ago

While South Indian learning 3 language but in North they can't able to learn 2 language.
@rockyrajputana1402 6 years ago

As bollywood is hindi based industry but the people of Bollywood always show off of being englisher.
@tamilvlogs1121 4 years ago

3 country have Tamil as official language
@nikhilmore3756 2 years ago

Born in Maharashtra Mother tongue : Marathi Bread : English Hindi : For abusing someone Love for : Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati and northeastern languages...❤️❤️❤️❤️
@raviocto75 6 years ago

lol.. all hindi speakers with no representation from the south.. this hilarious discussion is same as one on empowerment of women in porkistan which had all men without a single women
@IndiaInGraphics 6 years ago

Marathi is my Mother. English is my bread. Hindi is my timepass.
@rmanusmare 6 years ago

Debate should be English vs Other regional languages. Why Hindi has precedence over other regional languages? How can you guys be so ignorant about other regional languages?
@user-xk7vy4ck1v 3 years ago

I'm from kerala. Mother tongue :malyalam I can speak hindi, english, tamil. I love tamil ❤️
@whythiskolaveridi1883 6 years ago

I am Malayali lives in TN. Hindi is pure waste of time to us. I learned English now in a good career. Hindi has nothing to offer. Show me the money I will send my kids to Hindi classes
@karan_karo5952 5 years ago

Hindi not a national language in india....
@pgramanan4461 6 years ago

Urdu was imposed on Bengalis of East Pakistan. ,,,,The result Bangladesh. Those who do not learn from history, are condemned to repeat it.
@followurdreams7096 4 years ago

The Word "Tamil" means Lot POWER EMOTION DELICIOUS.....ETC.,
@VinodKumar-np4pe 6 years ago

I speak English,Hindi,Telugu,Tamil.The beauty of Indian union.
@ranjeethkumar9611 5 years ago

One day South India will be a reality. We don't won't this pan masala north Indians.
@anasmhd1613 6 years ago

தமிழ்
@LokeshKumar-lr1bv 6 years ago

In Malaysia, Singapore, Australia Tamil is one of the official language
@MM-dh3wr 6 years ago

south indian languages are very rich and older than hindi...south india is producing almost all of indias GDP ...hindi india hindu p...foreign language ...why dont you tell UN to consider for permanent member because of majority ....idle mind is devils workshop ...do some real work and improve GDP