I do not agree with this assessment of Modi. It is unreasonably harsh on BJP.After seeing, for a decade, the disgusting sight of a lackluster PM fumbling in all aspects of governance and immersed in corruption, surrendering to the diktats of an Italian one time bar maid, Modis' arrival as PM was a breeze of fresh air Modi is a nationalist and not a linguistic chauvinist. It is good that he uses an Indian language while dealing with international affairs. I am highly impressed by the way he pulled up his environmental minister, Javdekar and the way he corrected the follies made by this minister.
Any linguistic chauvinism is bad whether it is Hindi or Tamil. My only concern was that non-Hindi speaking people will get a bad deal if Hindi is made the medium of competition.
Cow protection is not a narrow thinking and should not be mixed with linguistic chauvinism. Any one who knows about our village economy will vouch for it. It is common to see villagers selling their cattle when faced with draught for survival. One can see them stuffed with nostrils tied and taken to Kerala (in the southern states) where beef has become the staple food. The same villagers suffer in the next harvesting season.
navnith
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:44:03 +0530
From: mpkkutty@gmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES
Dera Shri Roy,
It is the zest of Hindi chauvists like Shri Abrol that will result in the division and destruction of our nation. Can he show a single village in the south,east or north-east where Hindi is spokeen .In the days of the colinialists and invaders,the official language they used were Persian,Turkish,French or English.Those days there was total separation of the general public from the ruling class.The rural population generally never bothered who their rulers were as long as they do not loot them.Now we are a democracy.Every citizen aspires to have a level playing field in his ambitions.We have accepted Islam and Christianity,both religeons of the colonialists and invaders.A Roman Catholic was till recently our paramount ruler.Muslims were our Presidents. So why be ashamed of English alone which is an international language and a language of progress. Shri.Abrol need not have to gloat over Modi's UN speech in Hindi.Modi is much more a nationalist than Shri Abrol's chauvinistic mentality makes him to be. Due to effects of Hindi movies etc, Hindi is slowly being accepted by the non-Hindi speaking people. It is the holier than thee attitude and their rush to impose Hindi that will create problems. Let Shri Abrol advice Hindi speaking people to learn one south Indian language, instead of calling all southies as Madrassis.Ignorance and ego are a dangerous mix.
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:42:45 +0530
From: sroy.mb@gmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATESPost: "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net" Exit: "indiaresists-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net" Quit: "https://lists.riseup.net/www/signoff/indiaresists" Help: https://help.riseup.net/en/list-user WWW : http://indiaagainstcorruption.net.inDear Mr Venkatraman
This is an emotive and divisive issue which has been discussed several
times before here. Nothing will be served by going over the same
ground. in any case Mr. Modi is not Mr Shastri.
Yes, Mr. Modi belongs to the Hindi knowing group (he knows some /
enough English). Get used to the new reality - "jaise Raja vaise
Praja' (what the King is so must be the people). If you want English
back, you know who to vote for next as PM (even if he is a sex-addict
junkie / flunky).
Sarbajit
On 9/15/14, Venkatraman Ns <nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com> wrote:
> To
>
> India Against Corruption
>
> IMPOSITION OF HINDI ON NON HINDI SPEAKING STATES
>
> It is surprising that those in charge of policy making in NDA government
> do not understand the intensity of the anger and frustration amongst the
> people in the non Hindi states due to the subtle attempts of Modi
> government to gradually impose Hindi.
>
> The genuine fear of the people in the non Hindi speaking states is that
> they would be reduced to second class citizens in the country if Hindi
> would be imposed , as those speaking Hindi will get distinct advantage over
> the non Hindi speaking people at the national level.
>
> Mr. Naredndra Modi does not seem to be aware of the intense and popular
> anti Hindi agitation in non Hindi speaking states particularly in Tamil
> Nadu, when Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister. Schools and
> colleges had to remain closed for around three months in Tamil Nadu due to
> anti Hindi protest by the students. Finally, Mr. Shastri had to give an
> assurance that Hindi would not be made national language so long as non
> Hindi speaking people would not want it. The situation has not much changed
> as far as the imposition of Hindi is concerned.
>
> Today, India has enough problems and there is no feelings of difference in
> the country on language issue. Mr. Narendra Modi should not create new
> issues by trying to impose Hindi.
>
> Even today, many people in non Hindi speaking states , particularly in
> Tamil Nadu , feel like aliens as they do not understand Mr. Modi speaking
> Hindi everywhere without any translators. When he spoke in Hindi to the
> school children on Teacher's Day , lakhs of school students in non Hindi
> speaking states felt left out and wondered as to whether the Prime
> Minister belong to Hindi knowing people only.
>
> N.S.Venkataraman
>
> Nandini Voice For The Deprived
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