tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post4598210891682163210..comments2024-02-27T10:13:43.437-05:00Comments on Self Realization: Purpose of language is to unite people please don't use it to divide themVinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-44326828092503244362014-12-15T00:25:11.853-05:002014-12-15T00:25:11.853-05:00I will have to agree with Varun. Very large langua...I will have to agree with Varun. Very large languages such as Marathi or Bengali (as our friend Kamonasish Mazumdar will be happy to hear) do not run the risk of extinction. But some smaller Indian languages are definitely doomed as they are not the dominant language of a state. For example, the language KUMAONI is facing imminent extinction within one generation. It is much closer to Nepali and other Pahari languages than to Hindi. But today the majority of Kumaoni speakers use Hindi to speak even with each other. There is another language SYLHETI that is spoken in Bangladesh that is more similar to Assamese than to Hindi. But because the Sylhet speakers don't have their own state, today all Sylhetis are considered to be Bengalis (which again Mr. Kamonasish Mazumdar will be happy to hear).<br /><br />Luckily, the story with another small language called KONKANI is different. This is because Konkani is the predominant language of Goa as well as the official language of that state. <br /><br />So unless smaller languages such as Sylheti or Kumaoni are associated with their own unique political/geographic units, they will be gradually assimilated by larger languages like Marathi or Bengali. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-90376248801883163532014-09-03T09:22:24.516-04:002014-09-03T09:22:24.516-04:00Thanks Varun for visiting the blog and sharing you...Thanks Varun for visiting the blog and sharing your thoughts. I have few questions about your hypothesis, why you think people don't care about other language and they want to destroy them (or don't want to preserve them)? If Bengali is not exposed to Malayalam or Kannadi is not exposed to Assamese how you expect them to preserve these languages? Rather in current political environment political parties try to fuel local regional sentiments by projecting other languages and people from other states as threats to their so called local culture, this is the reason we see lot of regional politics and enmity between people from different language groups....<br /><br />Let me illustrate this by using my own example, my parents are from UP but I was born and raised in Maharashtra, main language which most people speak in my own family is Bhojpuri, but my mother tongue is Marathi..For most of my life till now I only spoke this language, I also speak Bhojpuri, Hindi and English and I love all these languages. In my family we celebrate all festivals from Maharashtra and from UP. I respect English, Hindi and Bhojpuri as much as I respect Marathi, this is just because I was exposed to all these amazing languages with right spirit, none of these languages were projected as a threat to each other in front of me. My parents never objected to my Marathi speaking rather they were glad that I learned this amazing local language. So the logic that people from different cultures or regions can not preserve each others traditions is wrong, it can happen if we allow it to happen.<br /><br />This linguistic or regional politics if not controlled can become threat to unity of a diverse nation like India. We are very diverse and plural country and for our unity we need to respect and understand each others sentiments. Interaction between different communities and cultures is the only option to remove the feeling of any enmity between them. This is why I feel that creation of states based on language was wrong. Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-12862102446715245412014-09-03T04:19:24.931-04:002014-09-03T04:19:24.931-04:00Division of states on basis of language is correct...Division of states on basis of language is correct. Otherwise many of our local languages which have over 1000 years of history will meet with doom. You cannot expect a Bengali to preserve Malayalam nor a Kannada to preserve Assamese. It was therefore felt that linguistic division would do away with the issue of how to best preserve our linguistic culture and heritage.<br /><br />VarunAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-91478103337152373502014-08-18T12:38:11.900-04:002014-08-18T12:38:11.900-04:00Language based creation of states didn't help ...Language based creation of states didn't help much, it created strong regional sentiments based on language people speak. I believe they should have avoided this approach and must have divided states only based on administrative needs, but it didn't happen and we need to deal with these issues now.Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-86552990904140342382014-08-16T00:05:44.172-04:002014-08-16T00:05:44.172-04:00Thank you Vinay for considering my request.
Sarda...Thank you Vinay for considering my request.<br /><br />Sardar Patel was not in favour of such language-based division. But unfortunately he was not keeping well during those days and he died before anything could be done.<br /><br />Shantaram PrabhuneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-33082867473279648612014-08-15T08:58:01.630-04:002014-08-15T08:58:01.630-04:00I am sorry but your comment didnt make any sense t...I am sorry but your comment didnt make any sense to me, what are you exactly trying to say here? It will be great if you can elaborate it or write in such a way that people can understand what you mean to say. <br />Thanks in advance.Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809381214735615158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116259194112701133.post-79990429951761059212014-08-15T02:17:25.041-04:002014-08-15T02:17:25.041-04:00" tanSEN was bengali my dear friend, so were ..." tanSEN was bengali my dear friend, so were a lot of other people! want to see the entire list as it stands today? so was subash chandra bose and sri aurobindo :) <br /><br />and i can name a million others and i am proud to say our greateness can be exerted beyond our national borders. we are the fifth largest speakers!<br /><br />we bengalis have won pretty much every award in the world stage you name it we have it and we are damn proud of what we have :) its the only country in the world which took rebellion because it couldn't speak its mother tongue and it won! and won so hard that the UN had to adopt that day as the international language day, which celebrates languages from all over the world. "<br /><br />KAMONASISH AAYUSH MAZUMDAR<br />MBA (2013), IMT Bhaziabad<br />Bengaluru, Karnataka, India<br />hometown: Kolkata<br />in.linkedin.com/in/7thsenseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com