Ssreek
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I don't think there is any such language for us. Each state or region has their own language and culture, so it's almost impossible to identify what language everyone can accept.
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siddarth89
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That's true but considering most languages in India are derived from Sanskrit(except dravidian languages). I think it'll be the one that people might accept.
Exactly why Sanskrit should be taught everywhere.
If we take the four main South Indian languages, linguists have opined that 65% of the Kannada words have their roots in Sanskrit. In Telugu and Malayalam languages it is around 70% to 75%. In Tamil, it is comparatively less with 15% to 20%.
Don't think some north Indian languages can claim this. lol.
rsaeon
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The price was too high for us. Entire bloodlines wiped out. Unchecked pilfering of our resources and treasures. Psychological conditioning that our darker skin makes us lesser humans.
They left us with an unending amount of red dirt and squiggly lines on a piece of paper that decided who our enemies were. And the English language.
Ssreek
Adept
That "except" is an issue, apart from several other issues.
Sanskrit is already old and classical language. Due to the complexity, people, north or south, will find it too challenging to learn and lose interest. Meanwhile scholars would be still debating about versions of sanskrit, saying this is the right way or that is the correct way and they will take their time.
The best way to make people learn a language is, to identify the necessity. Why would anyone learn their mother tongue? Their parents teach it, they want to converse with their people etc. Why would anyone learn English? It's universal language that is everywhere and most important thing in the world.
Now why would anyone learn Sanskrit?
I think we better use resources to educate everyone and make life better in India, instead of trying to make people learn a different language for no reason.
That and the ensuing misery was not because of the language alone.
In that case languages of invaders from north-western borders should be considered the same. Rather, that linguistic collage is now the national language.
Because it was the hunt for resources from outsiders which caused this, not their language.
That way, south Indians who complains about getting less resources from center will say it's because of north Indian Hindi states, which is partially true too (not because of language though).
Amount of monies spent to propagate Hindi is relevant here, don't think it produced any result in national integration, than not.
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siddarth89
Recruit
But it does have a reason. If we agreed on one native language then people would have one less thing to fight about.
Ssreek
Adept
I feel it's probably aimed at dividing people rather than integration and I can see they are successful to an extent.
roadrash99
Disciple
We had to take Sanskrit because that was the only teacher our small school had. I forgot most of it in a couple of years. Modern Sanskrit taught in schools doesn't even enable you to read religious texts because the Sanskrit there is totally different, so I just don't see the point of it. I know in the west too some students can choose to learn Latin as a foreign language and some indeed do, but at least in their case it is a choice.
I think the most useful thing we could do for nation building is make North Indians learn a South Indian language and vice versa. At least it will have some utility in terms of cultural exchange and nation unity and temper regionalism.
I think the most useful thing we could do for nation building is make North Indians learn a South Indian language and vice versa. At least it will have some utility in terms of cultural exchange and nation unity and temper regionalism.