English Or Hindi?
Written by Anurag Bhateja on September 10, 2009 – 10:53 am -A question which is common in almost every Indian who uses both languages to communicate. We, Indians have so many languages which we use daily for conversation. English, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and the list will move on and on and on but still it is said we are bound to speak English as it is “Universal” language. Those who do not have good hand in English are seen with a different eye and treated as “downmarket” people.
But think of it. You are talking about your National Language and Mother tongue. Is using those languages a “downmarket” thing? I remember the time of Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who went to other country and gave his speech in Hindi rather than using English. Unfortunately, before him, no PM tried it! When any other countries’ minister or some great personality goes anywhere, they use their language and an interpreter is with them to translate but we, the GREAT Indians feel sorry for those who uses Hindi or any other mother tongue while talking!
I was thinking, what could be the reason behind this behavior? The reason is our so special nature which adopts everything from other cultures without thinking the impact of it. If you are net savvy, you will figure out the importance of Indian languages as Google and other companies are working very hard on it. Google has introduced writer which helps in writing in Hindi and other Indian languages. They can understand the importance of our languages but we can not. We think speaking English is OH MY GOD! and Speaking any Indian Languages is Oh 
. Right?
Think over it my dear Fellow Countrymen. Respect your languages.
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By Rish on Sep 10, 2009 | Reply
Think it this way, Barack Obama can’t speak hindi… Britney Spears can’t speak hindi….But Brett Lee signed a hindi album with Asha Bhsole… No big deal
By Dum on Sep 11, 2009 | Reply
well, by our native language we can improve to english. however, the more important is how do we can keep our native language exist.
By topen on Sep 16, 2009 | Reply
in my country, mostly people understand our native language, but not all can speak universal language english….
and yes we mostly respect our native language.
By shirley on Sep 18, 2009 | Reply
English is the universal language but we should love our own language
By shirley on Sep 18, 2009 | Reply
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By Jenn on Oct 11, 2009 | Reply
I go for english as it is the international language.
By geneve on Oct 13, 2009 | Reply
I would prefer both because people must preserve their own dialect,itsone of a country’s national symbol
By Kcalpesh Ajugia on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply
Even I have been wondering why using hindi has always been considered a down-market trait. Could never figure the real reason. After the college days got over, we started looking for jobs and my friends use to make it compuslary communicating in English. I can understand that most of the IT companies which you approach will demand good english communication since they have clients from US and UK mostly.
But soon this habbit became so prominent that whenever one of us used to use HINDI the others would call him a Ganvaar. But its so true. We should respect our languages and use them whenever and wherever possible.
By akira07 on Oct 17, 2009 | Reply
Haha that’s why i’m always wonder why many hindi start to use english as daily languange nowadays. But please still respect your mother languange and be proud of it.