India only has 80 million internet users right now according to the CIA world factbook, all these users are likely more profficient in English. As for the rest they are likely occasional or don't use the internet at all. In the next 30 years we are going to decide what direction our counrty goes in. English was leftover from British rule, and is not our language, it never will be. What I propose is that we try to make information accesible to the 1 billion indians who speak indian languages.It's not fair that they have to get their information in English. In my perfect world we would all speak our languages at a high level, and only speak English to communicate outside.It seems to me that South Indians (who I have much respect for, don't get me wrong) might not want to be a part of a unifying language, that's fine, they have the right, but the rest of us should at least make the effort. Over the next little while, India will decide whether she decides to preserve her culture and languages or not. The Chinese will always speak Chinese, the Arabs will always speak Arabic, are we to stop speaking our languages? In north Africa there was a huge movement back towards arabic away from French (although French it sill very common, media is now completely in Arabic), we have the opportunity to do the same thing in India, there are enough of us, and we will soon be rich enough.
Yes, language is an important tool in long term trade and business. We have a rich mix of cultures and languages. India should promote it's regional languages as other countries do.
Promoting National Language I agree that India short promote its national language as do all other cultures. It is wonderful to think that people could travel to our country and learn to understand our language and culture. I do believe though, that it is very easy for non-indian speaking people to travel to India due to the high level of English that is spoken, however it would be wonderful to give these people exposure to the Indian languages. I think there is still a need for India people to have a base understand of written English.
It must be Indian languages esp. Hindi is the very important languge in the nation. It must be the part of our culture to promote our national language and respect it for the betterment of the country.
inreply2 : "English was leftover from British rule, and is not our language, it never will be. " by Akaash M. I think over the years(since 1947) English has infact penetrated into indian society like no other language in India, not even Hindi. And all these years, it has created a self-identity & created a niche 4 itself to an extent English spoken here has become Indian English(creating a regional identity 4 itself). Thus, English can no longer be called a foreign language. English spoken here is a Indianised version of Queen's English & it in no means can threaten indian individuality. Having said that other indian languages should be equally cherished & preserved. India is a multi-_______(everything) country & we can still be surviving with many languages. Why surviving we would be thriving!!!!!
Promote languages by learning I think we should first learn at least one other Indian language other than our mother tongue In china its not chnese that is spoken there is a dozen dialects as well and since its a communists rule only few languages are made prominent
This is an India Forum. Let us all Indians try to bring this India forum to an another level. I request moderators to add one more section or category for us to interact in Indian Languages.
Must be pomoted with a sense of nationalism not with regionalism Yes, you are true. The Indian languages must be promoted. But it should be done in a nationalistic way. It should be free from any touch of regionalism on the basis of language. Otherwise we will be more Punjabi, More Tamil, More Marathi in stead of being an Indian first.
Of course yes! We all are indians and we must be proud to be an Indian.. In place of promoting other languages we must promote the language which has been the root of most of the other foreign languages we are mad after.. Indian langauge promotion is our duty and right as well..
language is part of identity. but i have seen pakistanis and indians who put too much weight on english and some of them are not that keen to preserve their own language. it is good to learn as many languages as you can, but never forget your own.
Promote Hindi; our national language. English penetrated into our culture, because English is a linking language. Even if we visit different states of our own nation, we communicate in English, because we ourselves have no idea about the other states language. Hindi is our national language, and we Indian are not aware about our national language. We should first learn the language ourselves then probably we can think of promotion.
India is well known for its various diversities and the languages are another in the list. India has over 1600 languages that are spoken in different parts of the nation. However, with the advent of modernization and adaptation of Western culture, the English language have become more prominent but it is the responsibility of every Indian to preserve and promote our own languages for our future.
