head coach Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 If Hindi dominates in all the states then the regional language will disappear which happenned in Punjab ? Gurmukhi. On the other hand, if you learn English, our regional languages and culture will thrive. In any case English is the language of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumble_rocks Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? Ideally, we need to learn English , Hindi and the local language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbar Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? If Hindi dominates in all the states then the regional language will disappear which happenned in Punjab ? Gurmukhi. On the other hand' date=' if you learn English, our regional languages and culture will thrive. In any case English is the language of the world.[/quote'] Head coach - you from south india? Your titles seem to suggest that- south india better developed, gujarat deadlier , and now above bs of not learning hindi by the way I agree with you KR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
head coach Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? Education is a perennial political battlefield in India, with Congress-ruled states recently devoting considerable efforts to reversing attempts by the BJP to ?Hindu-ise? the traditionally secular system when it has been in power. In 2000/01, the BJP government issued a national curriculum framework under the slogan ?Indianise, nationalise and spiritualise?, calling for the purging of all foreign elements from state schools, including British and Mughal influences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
head coach Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? If Hindi dominates in all the states then the regional language will disappear which happenned in Punjab ? Gurmukhi. On the other hand' date=' if you learn English, our regional languages and culture will thrive. In any case English is the language of the world.[/quote'] Head coach - you from south india? Your titles seem to suggest that- south india better developed, gujarat deadlier , and now above bs of not learning hindi by the way I agree with you KR Garbbar, If you dont take things as a whole rather take it at the problem level then our perspective will be different. I understand your logic on generalizing it but it's not true in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? We don't have a national language. Would have liked Sanskrit to have been our national language, but it probably means everyone has to learn it. English is a must and local language is a must. I see the order as English (double must), local language (must) , hindi (preferable), sanskrit (if time permits). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? If Hindi dominates in all the states then the regional language will disappear which happenned in Punjab ? Gurmukhi Yeh kaddon hua ? lol The only reason Hindi became more popular in Punjab is because of the influx of people who came to the prosperous state from neighboring places, and due to the influx of Cable and Movies. It's similarity to Hindi is another reason for people to easily transition from one language to the other unlike in southern states where people find it much harder to understand any hindi. Nevertheless, Gurmukhi is still very prevalent in Punjab. The fact is, that a lot of the nothern states have languages which are similar to Hindi, in fact even Gujarati is quite similar, and I can pick up quite a few words when they talk. Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, HP, UP, Uttaranchal, Bihar (the whole gangetic belt), MP, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, parts of AP and some more states all speak Hindi/Urdu or languages similar to Hindi which is the reason why Hindi is considered a national language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX_1138 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? i saw pick two languages and learn then... either choose english and hindi or english and tamil or some other regional language with roots deeply ensconced in our history. i learnt hindia, sanskrit, english and french. and now learn spanish from everyday conversation... but still can only speak english with any dexterity. dont even get me started on my ability to write hindi and sanskrit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? dont even get me started on my ability to write hindi and sanskrit... You sure aren't the only one ! Go on, gives us all a laugh ! http://72.36.144.77/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX_1138 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? dont even get me started on my ability to write hindi and sanskrit... You sure aren't the only one ! Go on, gives us all a laugh ! http://72.36.144.77/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3112 let me give you an idea: in school, our hindi teacher would announce class averages with me included and with me not included... and another one: so poor is my hindi that i often pretend to not speak hindi at all when confronted by old auntijis here who start the conversation in hindi or gujurati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator_05 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? let me give you an idea: in school, our hindi teacher would announce class averages with me included and with me not included... and another one: so poor is my hindi that i often pretend to not speak hindi at all when confronted by old auntijis here who start the conversation in hindi or gujurati. Wow ! How did it get that bad ? Didn't your parents speak to you in Hindi/Gujarati around the house ? That was the case with me... Hell, even i am no Hindi scholar but i still speak it fluently. Obviously i can't write it or read it as proficiently as a real native speaker can but if someone dropped me in the middle of an Indian city, i wouldn't exactly sh*t myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX_1138 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? let me give you an idea: in school, our hindi teacher would announce class averages with me included and with me not included... and another one: so poor is my hindi that i often pretend to not speak hindi at all when confronted by old auntijis here who start the conversation in hindi or gujurati. Wow ! How did it get that bad ? Didn't your parents speak to you in Hindi/Gujarati around the house ? That was the case with me... Hell, even i am no Hindi scholar but i still speak it fluently. Obviously i can't write it or read it as proficiently as a real native speaker can but if someone dropped me in the middle of an Indian city, i wouldn't exactly sh*t myself. actually i am not gujurati... i am sindhi but i picked up gujurati from all the guju bhai and bhen here in houston. and yeah i was able to speak hindi interspersed with few words of english. i recall the 10th board... had to hire a tutor to somehow help me get a passing grade. managed a 49! thats my highest ever score in hindi since 3 grade where i once scored a 92... i believe that was due to an error on part of my teacher... she graded my exam twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajiv Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? THX.. Numero No 3 Sindhi here ( Including me and Kabira ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumble_rocks Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? We don't have a national language. Err , We have a National Language and it is Hindi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? We don't have a national language. Err , We have a National Language and it is Hindi. Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? thing is Hindi should be compulsory to learn in all schools in India. it is our national language, and isn't spoken all over India. its really frustrating that when u meet an Indian anywhere in overseas, then u have to ask him "Do u Speak Hindi" on the other hand, u would see that even pakistanis have this so called "Pushtu" language, which pathan ppl in pakistan speak, its totally different languag then urdu, but still these ppl speak so fluent urdu.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? Hindi is the Official Language of the Union. We do not have a National language. Yes, there is a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumble_rocks Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? We don't have a national language. Err , We have a National Language and it is Hindi. Link? No , but it is accepted as National Language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? We don't have a national language. Err , We have a National Language and it is Hindi. Link? No , but it is accepted as National Language. By whom? You can't just accept it and expect it to be. It has to become the National language and it has not. I think we should make English the National language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Learning Hindi or English a must in Indian Schools? We don't have a national language. Err , We have a National Language and it is Hindi. Link? No , but it is accepted as National Language. By whom? You can't just accept it and expect it to be. It has to become the National language and it has not. I think we should make English the National language. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/in.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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