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SBIPO2015:HindiastheNationallanguagePros&Cons
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OnaccountofSBIPO2015forthepostofProbationaryOfficer,herewe
areprovidingyouallanessayon"HindiastheNationallanguagePros
&Cons"Hopeyoulikethepost!!!
Indiaislinguisticallydiversecountry.StartingfromJammuKashmirinnorth
to Kanyakumari in south an Gujrat in West to Arunachal Pradesh in east,
people speak different languages and dialect. Few of them are Hindi,
Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malyalam, Urdu, Marwari, Haryanvi etc.
Indianconstitutionconsiders15languagesasnationallanguagesandEnglish
and Hindi as the official languages. From the time before independence to
presenttime,therehasalwaysbeencontroversyregarding"OneIndiaOne
language"andimposingHindiasthenationallanguage.
People who support 'Hindi imposition' as the national language believe that
Hindi language represents our culture.They also believe that promotion of
hindi must be a matter of respect for all Indians. Also, if it is made the
nationallanguage,itwillgraduallyspreadworldwideandgainrecognition,as
India ranks second in the population across the globe.They also pressume
that of all the indigenous languages only Hindi is understood all over the
country.Theyareunawareofthereality.
The reality is that majority of Indians donot know Hindi. According to 2001
census figures, just 45% people speak or know Hindi. Only 25% people in
India have declared Hindi as their mother tongue language. The remaining
people speak variants of Hindi like Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili, Rajasthani,
Marwari,etc.Allputtogether,thespeakersofHindianditsdialectsareabout
45%. It proves that remaining 55% speak nonHindi languages and majority
ofpeopleinIndiadon'tevenknowHindi.
Some Hindi supporters argue that Hindi can be made compulsory and
everyone will learn it over a period of time. This is only because they might
notawareofthepainoflearninganewlanguage.Hindiissametothenon
HindiasEnglishistoallIndians'aforeignlanguage'.Therearepeoplewho
know and understand Hindi but when it comes to expressing their views or
giving presentations, they are not comfortable with it. Moreover, instead or
spendingsomuchoftimeandenergyinlearninganewlanguage,wontthey
prefer spending the same in learning science and technology or computer
skills?So,languagesshouldbeusedforconvenienceandnotbeimposed.
People might say and in fact its true also that language has created a gap
among the people within the country itself. This can be solved by making a
common language like English as the national language. Doing this wil not
give an unfair advantage to anyone. Moreover, English is the medium of
education in most of the schools and is also internationally accepted
language.So why not unify the nation by bridging the gaps among people in
thecountryandatthesametimebecometheglobalcitizensaswell.
One might feel that becoming global citizens make us less patriotic. But is
patriotism merely in languages ? No not at all. Patriotism is not in showing
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offthingstooutsideworldwithoutanyharmonywithinthecountryboundary,
instead it is a strong internal emotion which makes you respect the
multilingualisminthecountryandkeepitunited.
Also,preservationofcultureasbeenanoldageargumentagainstanykindof
change. If we were to be preserving culture, then it should have been
SanskritweshouldhavebeentalkingaboutandnotHindi.
I would like to say that rather than imposing any specific state or regional
language as the national language and arguing over such issues, we must
thinkofwaysandmeansofmakingacommonlanguage'English'reacheach
andeverycitizenofthecountry,sothatjusticeisdonetoeveryone.Bydoing
so we will not only bridge the gap between various parts of the country, but
alsomoveforwardas'Indiaasaunitednation'.

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