Shripad
Innovator
sydras dude stop guessing how people are feeling here about the language sitting in bangalore ( or Bengaluru , whatever you prefer
). From your posts its clear you have no idea how the social structure of Mumbai is.
Who says we think about these things here? Noone does. Its very well accepted here that marathi is part of the syllabus. This topic is not even discussed as such here.
Its been like this for ages here. Noone complains about it, neither do we have any demand for it to be removed from the syllabus.
If you are against the regional languages, what are you doing about it?? Have you complained against the same in your state? Or do you see outcry about this in your state or for that matter in Maharashtra? ( You do know that your state has banned Marathi newspapers in border line areas which are Marathi speaking areas and putting up shop boards in Marathi in Belgaum. Now thats action against personal freedom. )
Almost everyone who grew up in Mumbai or Maharashtra anyway learns to speak Marathi automatically. Take an example of people on this board itself. If you talk to Bikey in Marathi you wont even notice he is not maharashtrian.
Same with my friend circle. They talk fluent Marathi with my parents, grandparents when they come over.
You have some wrong impression of Mumbai dude. Noone gives up their culture here. They just blend in, very easily. Easier than anywhere else in this country for that matter. Everyone observes their culture here. In fact people from all lingual background openly participate in other cultural activities.
Take an example of Navratri, xmax, pongal, Eid, Ganpati, Diwali.
Knowing local language only helps in social and professional life. It never harms anyone.
My father speaks fluent Konkani and Gujrathi, better than me. And it helps him professionally to communicate with his patients here. They feel more secured talking to him in their mother tongue. Now noone forced me or him to learn these languages.
This has nothing to do about personal freedom, people who oppose things like this are either doing it because of their own personal ego and mental rigidity or restrictive mentality.
Noone is forcing you to come to Maharashtra and learn Marathi. You either do it willingly, or you eventually end up learning and understanding marathi with long term exposure to local people. Either way unless you make a point of not learning marathi on purpose, you will end up learning it
But if you want to be a part of Maharashtra state board education, be ready for marathi as part of syllabus for few years. IF you want personal freedom go study in different board.

Who says we think about these things here? Noone does. Its very well accepted here that marathi is part of the syllabus. This topic is not even discussed as such here.
Its been like this for ages here. Noone complains about it, neither do we have any demand for it to be removed from the syllabus.
If you are against the regional languages, what are you doing about it?? Have you complained against the same in your state? Or do you see outcry about this in your state or for that matter in Maharashtra? ( You do know that your state has banned Marathi newspapers in border line areas which are Marathi speaking areas and putting up shop boards in Marathi in Belgaum. Now thats action against personal freedom. )
Almost everyone who grew up in Mumbai or Maharashtra anyway learns to speak Marathi automatically. Take an example of people on this board itself. If you talk to Bikey in Marathi you wont even notice he is not maharashtrian.
Same with my friend circle. They talk fluent Marathi with my parents, grandparents when they come over.
You have some wrong impression of Mumbai dude. Noone gives up their culture here. They just blend in, very easily. Easier than anywhere else in this country for that matter. Everyone observes their culture here. In fact people from all lingual background openly participate in other cultural activities.
Take an example of Navratri, xmax, pongal, Eid, Ganpati, Diwali.
Knowing local language only helps in social and professional life. It never harms anyone.
My father speaks fluent Konkani and Gujrathi, better than me. And it helps him professionally to communicate with his patients here. They feel more secured talking to him in their mother tongue. Now noone forced me or him to learn these languages.
This has nothing to do about personal freedom, people who oppose things like this are either doing it because of their own personal ego and mental rigidity or restrictive mentality.
Noone is forcing you to come to Maharashtra and learn Marathi. You either do it willingly, or you eventually end up learning and understanding marathi with long term exposure to local people. Either way unless you make a point of not learning marathi on purpose, you will end up learning it

But if you want to be a part of Maharashtra state board education, be ready for marathi as part of syllabus for few years. IF you want personal freedom go study in different board.