The state witnessed major protests in the s, when the then Chief Minister of Madras Presidency C Rajagopalachri tried to impose Hindi. Widespread agitations erupted also in the s when another Congress government in the Presidency revived the imposition; and also in the s, when the Centre was trying to make Hindi the sole official language. In fact, these agitations swept the Congress and the national sentiments out of Tamil Nadu politics and strengthened the Dravidian movement and provincial pride.
Tamil Nadu still continues to be a state with a very poor presence of Hindi although CBSE schools in some culturally discernible pockets do try to encourage Sanskrit and Hindi. Thus learning Hindi also means increasing a person's income in changed circumstances," said Karanth.
Hindi is not only spoken among migrant workers but also in factories, state and central government offices. Unless you learn Hindi, it will be difficult to work under them," said Karanth.
Similarly migrant workers have to learn at least a few words in Tamil. Facebook Twitter Linkedin EMail. The upshot of all this — regardless of the now-modified recommendations of the Draft National Education Policy, chaired by Dr K Kasturirangan who, incidentally, is a Tamil — is this: it is time to state as clearly as possible where language-chauvinists, of any colour or stripe, need to step off. No language should be imposed; no language, including Hindi or English, should be demeaned or demonised; linguistic as well as ethnic bigotry, especially of the politically motivated sort, should be opposed legally and ideologically; there is absolutely no conflict between Tamil and Hindi: learning the former does not mean you cannot learn the latter — and vice versa; finally, anti-Hindi without or without the added rancour of anti-Brahminism are morally indefensible and politically corrupt.
Also Read: Why Hindi cannot be a unifying language of India. The views are personal. X Login. Sign In With Twitter. English Bangla. Believe me, Tamil people have nothing against Hindi Those who have are language chauvinists who can be found on either side of the Vindhyas. They are morally indefensible and politically corrupt. Makarand R Paranjape. Home News India. Palaniswami PTI. Read more.
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