Zygon's Blog

Being an Indian I accept Hindi as our national language. But that doesn’t stop me from asking why only Hindi was considered to be the national language of this country, when there are so many languages spoken by people living in different parts of the country. Are not these Indian languages as important as Hindi is? So I feel each language should be given equal importance. I know there should be a common language for communication and all that, but seriously how many people coming from different parts of the country converse in Hindi? What were the criteria for choosing Hindi as our national language? As far as I know it is not the most widely spoken language. Anyway, I am not a person who would criticize someone for making Hindi as the national language, nor I’d disagree. Personally I’d find it hard to communicate with someone in Hindi. Though I’d Hindi as one of my subjects in school, there never was a situation where I’d have to use Hindi for communication. I mean I could do away wi...