FACE THE NATION :: 5/7 :: Diversity Not Hindi That Unites India

A day after Samajwadi Party( http://connect.in.com/samajwadi-party/profile-246869.html ), MLA Abu Azmi was slapped by MNS members in the Maharashtra Assembly for taking the oath in Hindi, his Mumbai store was stoned by the Shiv Sena( http://connect.in.com/shiv-sena/profile-254173.html ). Meanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar( http://connect.in.com/nitish-kumar/profile-1061.html ) says parties like the MNS should be banned.

Anti-Hindi sentiments have had a long history in India and regional language activists opposed to Hindi exist in almost every Indian state. But the preeminence of Hindi is being challenged whereas English is seen as aspirational.

And that brings us to the question of the day that was asked on CNN-IBN show: Is Hindi acceptable to all Indians as the national language?

On the panel of experts to debate the issue were DMK MP MK Kanimozhi, MP and SP leader Virendra Bhatia, actor Darshan V Jariwalla and CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai( http://connect.in.com/rajdeep-sardesai/profile-227465.html ).......

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/diversity-unites-india-but-not-hindi/105001-3.html...

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[therajoou]

good point raised by anchor....english is not a threat to any regional language but hindi is,,

[musicalnights]

U can lick the ass of british..but..you can't learn Hindi or other language...

secondly..if u think ENGLISH as world language..which is spoken by only 14 country..WHY DOES UNITED NATION use FRENCH as assembly language.

Any country who gave prority to Foreign language more than own..never excelled.First learn mother tongue, then majority spoken language.I'm TAMIL...I love HINDI.but.I hate english as it is symbol of SLAVERY to british.UR INDIAN grow up.LEARN from JAPAN, GERMANY, FRANCH, CHINA.

[malathim69]

SP man you need 2/3 majority? 50% oppose hindi. keep your hindi at home

if you want tamil person to learn hindi, first you learn tamil

[malathim69]

SP man you need 2/3 majority? 50% oppose hindi. keep your hindi at home

[shivamrai15]

no doubt hindi people have even angered the eastern biharis by taking away their rights.

[sealwins1]

Hindi cannot be forced on all Indians. Less than 50% of Indians speak the language.