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Use Hindi where it is understood, but use English everywhere, since it places all Indians from all parts of our country at an equal disadvantage, writes Shashi Tharoor.
The Delhi Chief Minister had come prepared to speak in Hindi, but still he sought permission from the audience before beginning his address.
However, other delegates objected stating former INC president K Kamaraj had managed the party without speaking Hindi.
Those of us who have previously explained to the Hindi zealots that their arrogant advocacy of Hindi was counter-productive to national unity simply sighed and thought, these people will never learn.
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What we need is a country of polyglots who voluntarily learn as many languages as possible - an India, where we embrace the diversity that we are so blessed with in the first place.
The DMK and PMK said 'One nation, One Language' would prove disastrous for the country.
The responses from different states in south India mirror the local factors and the quality of political equations between the respective states and the government at the Centre.
The pro-Hindi advocates in the BJP camp believe the language needs to be given primacy. This belief stems from the fact that the BJP's core strength is derived from the Hindi heartland states.
Assam's influential apex literary body, Asom Sahitya Sabha (ASS) on Sunday has opposed the move to make Hindi a compulsory subject till Class 10 in the northeastern states.