What steps should be taken by the GoI to make hindi one of the official UN Languages. We all know the numbers, history of hindi and its literature, including the various dialects but can there be a strategy or a phased out plan to make this happen.
Impressing too much on use of english coupled with looking down upon the use of hindi in day to day communication is one of the biggest reasons for the current status of hindi. hindi has in many ways become simply 'unacceptable' in international arena of politics, business, communication and financial transaction. only people who cannot speak english, generally converse in hindi. even in the government offices the culture has changed a lot, but for some files/ documents which continue to be in the earlier scripts.
The penetration of ICT through e-gov, computerization of records etc though currently observes the use of local language but the new generation is increasingly going away from it. though dainik jagaran still remains the newspaper with largest circulation, at more than 2.5 times the time of times of india circulation (best for english newspapers)
i think there should be nation wide activity in this direction to be led by the government, media education and other departments. there have been some initiatives but these could only fructify if supported by a wider audience. e.g. i saw an online petition which was signed by not even 10K indians across the globe. the petition was for making hindi an official UN Language.
http://www.petitiononline.com/0091/petition.html
there has been a very good initiative by some religious and spiritual group in Gujarat, which focusses on the use of hindi in elementary education. the books series by the name "learn with fun" basically focusses on use of hindi in mathematics.
there is a good article on most influential languages in the world and the method for calculating this influence. although this article doesn't support hindi very much but i believe the rating of hindi as a language based on these criteria must have changed a lot.
http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/weber/rep-weber.htm this was just for an information.
2007-10-25 16:50:31 · 5 answers · asked by killer 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
An excellent and original idea.You have my blessings.Go for it.Vayas Con Dios.
2007-10-28 05:16:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hindi is good for hasya kavi sammelan and is just too good for anything else.
only old generation talks about young generation.
even in india only bimaru region wants hindi.
rest have their own choice.if there is a petition on line for not having hindi as a national language,you will definitely have more people signing it.
you can be sure that a more divisive issue can not be found
in the country.
2007-10-25 20:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by charlatan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the Janata Party rule in late 1970s, Vajpayji was the Foreign Minister. He wanted to address the UN in Hindi .It was arranged at a great cost.
When he spoke, the audience consited of him, the President and another two pathetic figures!
Do you want history to repeat itself?
2007-10-25 17:05:40 · answer #3 · answered by The Tribune 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why? Who cares except for some Indians? The rest of the world couldn't care less.
Isn't it bad enough that all passports have to written in French as well as English? The French sneaked in that requirement long ago. Today, it's way out of step with the modern world, but allows the French to delude themselves into believing that they are a world power.
Hindi for the Hindus! Let it stay there.
2007-10-25 17:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
only the people in the UN and top officials in government decide what languages they use; if there is a place that is represented by the UN that speaks this language they probably already have one that does; if not they do not need this
2007-10-25 16:58:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋