Hindi Push: "Linguistic Imperialism" Or "National Unifier"? | Left, Right & Centre

Is language going to be the next big political battle? A few days after Amit Shah spoke about the need to have Hindi as a unifier in the country, there have been fierce protests from several leaders from southern states. Our language is our own, they say, and we value it and will not allow it to be dominated by Hindi. On the show tonight, the battle for language: Can Hindi be a true unifier as the Home Minister suggests or is this linguistic imperialism as has been alleged?
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[@haoboisingsit2367]

*biggest jokes of september..speaking hindi will unite the nation*

[@parthadutta2687]

@@hideokuze80 56% Indian don't want it!!!

[@parthadutta2687]

@@hideokuze80 66% people voted their 545 parliamenterian, not modi! Only 353 people've chosen modi, you get your facts right! And of course we've chosen, it's right or wrong, nobody imposed BJP govt on us! If any govt use force to be in govt, everybody will oppose of course. That why we revolted against british who forcefully governed India!

[@parthadutta2687]

@@hideokuze80 And plz read history why Bangladesh was created! You'll get the answer why you should't impose language on others!

[@parthadutta2687]

@@hideokuze80We voted for our MPs, not PM. Everyone does that! Don't you know that? PM is not an MP of mine. He's a MP of Hariduara I guess. You should google it!

[@parthadutta2687]

@@hideokuze80 You'd have pointed out, which info I've been wrong about?!!!

[@dvrmurthy001]

Mother Tongue for personal communication. English for Career. No use of Hindi. It's a piece of Urdu language. Note: Hindi is not a national language. 22 schedule languages and 2 official languages ( English & Hindi).

[@nielsbohr4299]

Stop degrading urdu.

[@nielsbohr4299]

What is article 351 of indian constitution??

[@abhijit1509ibskol]

Hindi was a dialect, with Urdu being the first written version with Arabic/Farsi script. After that came hindi in devnagri script. Fact is, the Hindi grammatical standardization and correction has happened till the 50's!

[@ulhaspednekar9038]

@@abhijit1509ibskol r u bengali??

[@debadattabehera4162]

It is not a piece of urdu, it's a piece of Hindustani (both Hindi and Urdu)

[@AbhishekMajumderDreamer]

Didn't expect a journalist like Vishnu refer to Hindi as a National Language... India doesn't have a National Language! ....

[@cybrainx72]

NDTV picks ignorant folks to moderare

[@andymaniam8293]

Why not suggest the Tamil language as the unifier in the country. Britain has a much smaller population compared to many English speaking nations worldwide yet the whole world communicate with each other in English. Developed countries like China, Japan, Korea are beginning to adopted English. Hindi is only 400 years old whereas Tamil as the oldest language is more than 5000 years old. Tamil is spoken in more than 150 countries. Tamil is a world language.

[@PRAVEENRAJ-fs7uq]

@@नेाटटिवदिललीआळेधीप्रग u hindi clown

[@ajaya3844]

@@नेाटटिवदिललीआळेधीप्रग hey buddy..for most of tamils like me...our mother language is first then our father nation coz india is not a country its subcontinent with multiple linguistic groups nd culture who lives in unity....So for guys like you who can have pride of hindi and imposing a language which 400yrs of history on us ,we have much more pride on speaking language which 3000 nd more yrs old...people can learn a language if they have any need and yu can't merely impose nd over shadowing any language..coz our mother tongue is not just a language ,its way of life

[@lokeshh8634]

@@नेाटटिवदिललीआळेधीप्रग you can't even know to respect someone's views and you're here saying that English was an imposition, but Hindi is not! I heard someone say that these north people don't exactly know their cultural heritage because they have no roots to this land. If you people don't have any roots, then how come your language can be a unifier and how do you term it a national language? My friend residing in Kolkata is comfortable with Bengali and his communication with me happens by English, a language that has more dated history of literature and grammar, and where comes Hindi here? If English is your major concern as an imposition, your doors to world communication can never be opened! English is a hyptorchy like Hindi, that's why we are saying, we already have one! We don't want another language that's just a mere language

[@VINOJANification]

@@नेाटटिवदिललीआळेधीप्रग English was not imposed but we were under the rule of British for 400 years. We speak english just because of that. This happened already. Now we don't want Hindi to dominate like how the English did. We cannot change what already happened. But we can change what is to happen. Tell me how many bengalis, marathis, guharatis know to read, write and speak their mother tounge???? Only In the interior parts of the states know their mother tongue well. That is what Hindi has done to North. We don't want the same to happen to the South. You are the real fools who forgot your mother tounge. When we speak about Tamil. It's not just language. It has literature, Art, Medicine and its a way of life. Shameless ppl like you will never understand!

[@Nandhine10]

@@नेाटटिवदिललीआळेधीप्रग If tamil is announced as National language, is it fine for you and are you ready to learn it...? and that should be the link language you communiate and you shouldn't use English?

[@yayalipok6134]

Third class BJP ... economy is down and BJP leaders r doing useless issues....shame on BJP

[@anantgarg8741]

thats what their stratgey is. bring some useless issue to divert the attention from core issus and unfortunately we fall for it.

[@cybrainx72]

Congies also tried to impose in the past..

[@gosemlehpengkul3485]

If Hindi is a unifying language, why can't we unite with Pak !!! Lol

[@Rutvi_patel_1111]

They speak Urdu :)

[@abhishekchandrappa5384]

@@Rutvi_patel_1111Urdu is nothing but hindi in Persian /Arabic script.

[@sumitsingh7835]

@@abhishekchandrappa5384 no . Hindi and Urdu both are derived from KHARI BOLI spoken in North Indian region. If I sanskritize Khari Boli it becomes Chaste Hindi If I Persianize Khari Boli it becomes Chaste Urdu . Hindi/Urdu ---- Khari Boli---- Prakrit--------SANSKRIT (the root of Indo Aryan Languages)

[@Abhishekaditya91]

They chose topi over Tilak. Once you wore topi you become loyal to arab ideology and denounce all the cultural aspect of your ancestors. None wants to unite with them again. They chose to murder the brother hood of this land. No need to take headache back.

[@abhishekchandrappa5384]

@@sumitsingh7835 That's a dialect not the base. Hindustani languages hindi and urdu r influenced from persian and also arabic. Seem some persian words almost same as hindi. This came into existence due to mughal rulers and their need to communicate with Sanskrit speaking Hindus. So they infused pure Bharatiya language Sanskrit with their mother tongue persian, tukric, etc and other foreign languages.

[@simransidhu3444]

Ask North Indians if they would like Tamil imposed on them for the sake of “national unity” and see what happens 😄

[@Rutvi_patel_1111]

I am Gujarati and I had learnt Hindi during school time. No problem in that. I now know Hindi Gujarati English and Sanskrit.

[@yuck4u]

@@Rutvi_patel_1111 How many schools in Gujarat teach Tamil or Telugu or Kannada?

[@legendgre]

@@Rutvi_patel_1111 good for you

[@chandanmishra8320]

Brother i am from up and my mother tongue is bhojpuri not hindi but we never oppese it Hindi is a common language in india

[@legendgre]

@@chandanmishra8320 well just because Amit Shah and you can speak hindi between you guys it doesn't mean we have to learn and speak 3rd grade hindi while you guys are dominating... We are a union.. And it's not hindi that unites us...

[@nemichandra1390]

Hindi is not National Language. Foolish Journalist

[@RaguRaghupathi]

Can you please let others speak in their native tongue? Why is the special privilege for the Hindi speaking joker?

[@plrssa]

Rightly said. Hegemony in play here.

[@raipramodkumar7989]

Ragu Raghupathi ,can't they find someone in the entire north who can speak in English and support Hindi in a English Channel ?

[@lawwillruleindia3521]

Ragu, are you a circus clown.... 😊

[@RaguRaghupathi]

Law will rule India if you pay me enough I could become one!!!!

[@nitin7218]

@@RaguRaghupathi Sir this is what my stand to. If knowing hindi is beneficial in any way I will learn it. If not, why should I learn a 3rd or 4th language?

[@virusinuttara]

Amit shah : one language, one nation. Citizen: Then you'll have to create minimum 22 nations.

[@nielsbohr4299]

Indian army reaction: time to use stocked up bullets

[@gokulambalavanan3592]

@@nielsbohr4299 time to stop paying taxes

[@suriyamuthumani4128]

WE WANT UNITED STATES OF SOUTH INDIA, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR HINDI OR YOUR POOR NORTH INDIA

[@nagrec]

@@nielsbohr4299 this called as chauvinism..South india is more democratic, educated..if such army comes, they will not return back..they will be buried in our land..

[@nielsbohr4299]

Jokes later. Vaipilla raja.

[@tharuenselvan6871]

Q : why hindi Ans : for uniting india Q : are we not united now Ans: no we are always united then Q : then why hindi Ans : for better communication Q : is English bothering you because it make a level playing field for both of us Ans : But English is a foreign language... Don't be slave under English Q : then why india is globalized... People are working in MNC'S... need for FDI.... People prone to western dressing style... Ideologies.... Get rid of our own culture and tradition... Etc.. Etc... Ans : you are linguistic racist Q : but its you want us to learn hindi Ans : yes hindi is spoken by many people Q : but why can't they learn English... How do they survive in this globalized world... Why hindi belt is weak in development and litreacy... And migrating towards south in lakhs... But why are you asking us learn hindi for your convenience..?? Ans : you are an anti indian Q :,why there is no PM in from north eastern states and only a couple from south Ans : because they don't know hindi Q : so you people accept us only after when we know hindi If answer is yes... Then it's not that important to liver with these kind of racist people If answer is no.. Then they are wonderful and proven to be the best in accepting india's diverseness Its all about them.. They are saying that we are not imposing... But repeatedly suggesting to ask us to learn hindi.and wants their language to spread... But we want all indian languages to be spread and recognized internationally... Need government funding without any partialities.

[@kingsmaker5899]

🔥🔥💯💯💯🔥

[@StopHindiImposition]

Excellent. Well said

[@sairam6602]

Bro pretty much well summarized

[@senthilthiagarajan319]

Yes Hindi is an invaders language I hate hindhi Kasturi is right And I thought its a english debate Some "Idiots" sitting there is still speaking in hindi. So I don't trust this channel...He should have interrupted if some one speaks hindi.... Can Kasturi speak tamil to place her arguments

[@bigrealitytv6784]

You got a point, when someone speaks in hindi, all I could understand is nothing.

[@bigrealitytv6784]

@Vidisha Roy why dont they or you speak in tamil.

[@bigrealitytv6784]

Is this English or hindi progam? what a joke. My people and I dont understand a word u said.

[@bigrealitytv6784]

@Vidisha Roy in the same way tamil and english is good enough for us. And hindi is not something we want.. If i migrate to northern states yes i will or if u come over here you may have to. But english is the link language.

[@bigrealitytv6784]

@Vidisha Roy lol I dont want to migrate to Mumbai either, if I were to then I would get more opportunity to learn a good language called Hindi. We love Hindi you know, but you guys got to take it slow.... I see more north folks in south these day, give it time it happens automatic and at the same time mother tongue serves as a local language preserved and glorified.

[@shashim45]

Our karnataka BJP local leaders cannot speak in Hindi still they support bcoz it's from high command. They don't have guts to say no to shah

[@thanu-go1ts]

Then dont elect bjp. Its better u can choose some good parties. Dont do the mistake lf choosing nationall parties

[@yayalipok6134]

This hindi language will not united... shameless BJP

[@tejass4324]

The panellist from Karnataka doesn't speak the voice of Karnataka!

[@navyabh896]

@@ptj1ptj172 well saying half and slave too extreme if say few that to very few we may consider like that panelists and why would we need to be slave to hindi if we have our own rich and classical language kannada 😂😂🤣

[@navyabh896]

@@ptj1ptj172 and u said to please them😑, plz don't make urself laughable by saying that. Never

[@navyabh896]

@@ptj1ptj172 well, the thing is we never force them to learn kannada we just tell them to learn and it's left to them if they want that doesn't mean we leave ours and becoming their slave whether they learn or not love or not we always love and treasure our language and culture And ur logic of 50% kannadigas - bangalore have 1/5 population of karnataka only We welcome everyone open heartedly if that makes you feel being slave can't help and its IT cite so many states people come there and they stay for few years only so we use mainly English not hindi for communication bcz we think its not right to force people if they are staying temporarily - that's the reason why everyone loves bengaluru for it's openness. And theirs nothing special about northies and Hindi to become slave we just treat them right and equal like we treat everyone else. You might have encountered few like i said very few😊

[@ptj1ptj172]

@@navyabh896 good try, but still a long way to go. The problem is that you don't treat tamils same as northies as you have a huge inferiority complex and you see tamilians, given their hard working nature and talent, more of a threat in bangalore. Agree?

[@navyabh896]

@@ptj1ptj172 dude bcz of cauvery issue there used to be a clause between us (past) but in 'both' states as u saw 2016 where both of us were fighting but for water may few are still in that mood when you encounter apologise for that but we treat them right its ridiculous to say all of us treat them bad Except cauvery we are one and we will be

[@ИзвестныйАпрасад]

Hindi is persien based foreign language. It was created by Moguls

[@rsubhasify]

One idiot in the panel says hindi has got lot of parampara....Tamil, Kannada and Telugu have at least 2000+ years written history and are native languages of India....there is a new research where Europeans and South east asians are finding old Tamil connection to their languages...people of North India are being fooled here

[@gvaanang]

Too much north hindians in the pannel..

[@AchuNini]

Hindi is NOT a national language. NDTV anchor, what happened to you ? Talk the fact , talk the constitution

[@k.p.4818]

Totally they should have pointed it out to him during the discussion itself. He was leading the entire discussion totally believe that Hindi WAS the national language of India.

[@RGabc1980]

Hindi is not national language..u don't know

[@kabilan]

AchuNini foolish anchor

[@kabilann6645]

In which constitution Hindi is a national language....go and study the indian constitution....properly...there is no national language for india...there is only official language and 22 scheduled languages

[@Dazak]

Vishnu Som should know that Hindi is not national language.

[@Triple109]

India is a nation of many languages and we are proud of it.

[@gmaneshkumar1421]

Student from southern india will suffer a lot they have to learn extra language.and they will unable to focus on main subject.

[@inertiaoffun6559]

syllabus will be going to reduced , you will no longer have to read 20 -20 stories in each langugae

[@kasthurirajagopalan2511]

Kasthuri you spoke very well . Arumai. I respect every Indian languages. But Against hindi imposition.

[@plrssa]

That guy debating in hindi expects others to know hindi. So audacious

[@janardhanyadav1]

Why are they speaking in Hindi in English channel?

[@themaverick7707]

Because most Hindi speaking people don't know English.

[@janardhanyadav1]

@@themaverick7707 I also think there is arrogance in then speaking in Hindi, deliberately!

[@themaverick7707]

@Devang vyas lol that means you are ignorant. Sarah Jacob, Srinivasan Jain, Zakka jacob, Anand Narsimhan, Shruthi Menon, Faye D'Souza. In ka Naam Suna hai lallu?

[@dcmhsotaeh]

It is a recent trick and is being done on daily basis in all English channels

[@SocialWatchDog]

Because they try to unite English channel with hindi😂😁

[@karthikc2899]

India is not a country..it's a United country .. TN is unique country. Mind it poor Hindi people..

[@bigrealitytv6784]

Make tamil the unifier language, Oldest than Hindi.

[@vladhardware5642]

Shame on you Vamanacharya. Disgusted by you. If you support for a national language, you'll literally lose my vote.

[@ChicagoJeans]

i didnt except this from Vamanacharya saying we are not Dravidian

[@ChicagoJeans]

Karnataka is not Dravidian state? .Sorry to hear this :-( .

[@rajeshchandrasekharan3436]

This type of people should be kicked off from Karnataka,let him live in UP or Bihar

[@kavipriyapriya5166]

Hindhi is not at all a national language and the respected cheif minister didnt have that small knowledge.

[@mudaliaravinash51]

VLAD HARDWARE.. Look at your name first... Then you can talk about this debate.. First go get your own identity, if you got then have guts to keep them first.

[@mathansomaskanda]

People will forget kannada, Telungu or Malayalam. Unless they take the same stand as Tamils.

[@chocolatetit4116]

So true! especially bangalore and hyderabad.

[@saiB6530]

When the hell it became telungu. I need to check google if they changed my mother tongue name. I saw this kind of comment in multiple places.

[@StarkEdits11]

@@saiB6530 Fyi Telugu is called as Telungu in Tamil in a respectable manner. Got it? Just like Sanskrit is also called as samaskritam.

[@saiB6530]

@@StarkEdits11 I thought comment is in english. Now I don't know english. Okay. I will learn it.

[@venkatramreddynalla1213]

Bro don't worry telugu is safe in andhra pradesh And in telangana only hyderabad Is lil danger cause of muslim population Rest of telangana we only speak telugu Jai telugu thalli jai south india

[@themaverick7707]

Surprised to see Vishnu calling Hindi India's national language. It's not actually. It's just an official language along with English.

[@sureshharinathbabu9717]

Crow is Hindi . Peacock is tamil

[@rigzinyuthok8527]

Kasturi, Who can speak 9 languages 👏👏👏👏👌👌💐😍has my vote in this debate.

[@blueman710]

Whenever I see a linguistic debate going in an English language news channel, the person who comes to talk in favor of Hindi, always speaks in Hindi....It is quite ridiculous and they simply they take "an inbuilt advantage of having been born into."

[@karthikeyanrajendran5216]

I disagree with anchor- there’s nothing wrong in calling Hindi as an invader’s language as you are trying to impose Hindi in every damn way, country, biased media, etc. Kasturi is right.

[@gmaneshkumar1421]

South india is having lot of IT COMPANY BECAUSE OF ENGLISH NOT BECAUSE OF INDIA

[@brocklesnar5385]

We will continue to prosper with English.

[@Attitudezero884]

@Faraz Rajput i spoke telugu before 200 years. So what British imposed. Now you are trying to impose your hindi from past 70 years.

[@ragus1416]

Why do Tamils have to study English for communication with the world and Hindi for communications within India? Do we need a big door for the big dog and a small door for the small dog? I say, let the small dog use the big door too!”

[@praveenvincent1]

Kasthuri is lady of high intellect, talent and character. Absolutely brilliant.

[@muthuraman8809]

Hindi is already invading 50 odd regional like BHOJPURI MAGADHI AVADHI etc. and killing those languages reducing them as home languages .

[@SP-oc7dm]

Why is such people called on ndtv shows which don't speak the language of the show!? They can go to the ndtv hindi show if they are adamant on speaking in hindi only. This is the problem, people speaking Hindi, think they don't need to learn any other language but expect others to learn their language.

[@aruna2034]

Awesome Kamal sir...I am sure our uneducated Home Minister needs translator to understand what u said!

[@aravindthangam4112]

Actress Kasthuri very good speaking the facts!

[@dravidianteluguboy6322]

IF V WATCH "WT IF SOUTH IÑDIA SEPARETED FRM IÑDIA?" U GONNA C "USSI- UNITED STATES OF SOUTH IÑDIA" WHERE TAMIL TELUGU KANNADA MALYALAM PPL ALWAYS ACCPT THIS CNCEPT THIS MAKES SEPARATION WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR IÑDIA's FUTURE IF V WANNA B TOGETHER... V'VE TO B STOP HINDI DOMINANCE RESPECT OTHERS TOO IN A POLITE WAY ♥️ FRM SOUTH

[@ravishankarkumar1174]

Then there will be tamil dominance idiot😆😆 and tamil will surely be the official language of the new nation😎

[@arunrs3627]

Vaman Acharaya is a Kannada Betrayer.....from Karnataka, shame on his opportunist character.

[@shivasri26]

Seriously i see him degrading kannada language.

[@Topquark1]

He is not a true kannadiga.

[@vnagaraj5225]

Vamanacharya be a Kannadiga first. Don't try to fool us. You only have answered. When Trump can understand what Modi speaks, why can't a Hindi man understand Kannada. Then why do we want Hindi.?

[@mailgach]

Am Telugu speaking gal from karnataka... Disappointed that Andhra and Karnataka are forgetting their identity and not resisting the subtle imposition of Hindi... People speak to me in Hindi even though reply in Kannada they know Kannada..

[@rkkrahul56]

That was a Major Mistake Here in Karnataka, People are very Much Tolerable so that they learn all the Languages and forgets to speak in Kannada, I'm a Tamilian born and brought up here and I know exactly how it feels. Most of the People must not give up easily and speak the language what others speak. They must follow Kannada. However now it's Too late , but it's okay. We can still try to speak in Kannada.

[@ZaidShaikhrecruiting]

Hindi speakers can speak what they want to. They can't force us

[@vijaygopi2641]

Kasthuri Madam.... Super.....Theri mass speech

[@leemi8931]

Bimaru state politicians deny our languages in every union govt exams and services just to promote. We don't want to be victim like central belt languages which is endangered because of hindi. We don't want Bimaru language Hindi.

[@sureshgomathinayagam9124]

Hey why some talk in Hindi in English program. This Is called imposition Growup guys First try to improve your economy in north Then talk abt your language

[@johnson0ajar]

I am from Tamil Nadu, I have listed few details how imposition of Hindi will affect Tamil, this is applicable for other regional language. Below I have provided explanation as to why the claim that Hindi is good for future survival of tamil culture and prosperity is a false propaganda by the Hindi belt politicians. Their agenda is to strength their political base in the south by imposing their language. In doing so, they will have a political future in the southern states at the expense of regional parties. Already we are losing the use of our language in several fields due to English, with Hindi there will not be any requirement of Tamil in the future. Let us imagine Tamil language is in a coffin. I will list the nails that has been slowly added to that coffin since the British and Indian independence. 1. Children who study in English medium schools, science, geography, physics, chemistry, history, maths, biology, engineering all are taught in English. English being the world language it is good for our future survival. People who take tamil as secondary language in english medium, will be able to read and write tamil at basic level. They’ll not be creators in tamil as their language of thinking would be English. Their knowledge creation would only be in English. These people live in the cities who jump from one city to another for their economic prosperity and survival. 2. Children who study in tamil medium will have English as their secondary language and will be able to read/write English at basic level. These children live in secondary cities and villages. They find it difficult to pursue higher studies in science, geography, physics, chemistry, history, maths, biology in English when they join colleges. Forced to create new knowledge in English. To fix this the number of children in English medium in secondary cities and villages has increased in the last 50 years. With this increase, tamil in future will not be required to explain science, geography, physics, chemistry, history, maths, biology and would only be used for communication, basic reading and writing. If Hindi is going to be introduced, we don’t need tamil for communication, everyone would prefer Hindi after 3-5 generations. 3. In our society, Tamil is currently being used in religion, entertainment and literature (This will fade) with the growth of English and Hindi. Tamil literature will slowly decline as the number of reader move to English and Hindi. If there is no market for tamil literature there will no longer be any creative writing in it. Only copying and translation in the future. 4. No knowledge creation in tamil (i.e. scientific, technical paper, journal) in the following field science, geography, physics, chemistry, history, maths, biology, engineering. All scientific paper has to be published in English. Reference to knowledge is only available in English. 5. Administration will slowly move towards English/hindi. 6. High court in Tamil Nadu cannot use tamil language to interpret the law and provide judgement. Only English/hindi. Tamil vocabulary will not grow in this field of law. The requirement of tamil language has been reduced to the following field Communication, religion, entertainment and literature. This will also die in another few generation and would be replaced by other language English/Hindi. Tamil requirement in science, technology, business and law field has been slowly eroded because there is an easy replacement (i.e. english). The question is do we accept that status quo. If we accept it and continue then slowly the tamil language will loose it significance as it’s vocabulary will not grow in the above field and because of that their will not be any new literature and knowledge in tamil language in the coming generation. So it will be avoided by the coming generation for their survival. BJP/RSS peoples are spreading false message through news channel regarding the benefits of learning Hindi, when there is none. I agree the state politicians for their selfish gain has given away the state rights, which is hurting the public. Why should we burden our son/daughter to learn additional language in their childhood when its benefits are minimal in the future, it would be required only for socialising and entertainment. When we are paying taxes to the central government what has the central government done to promote the regional language so its usage can be strengthen in various fields. In high courts we can't use our language for arguments and judgement. There is a hidden agenda to reduce the use of regional language as official language so that usage of Hindi/English becomes the main language in trade, education, business and administration.

[@johnson0ajar]

People with power and money has hidden agenda, to protect their interest. It would be stupid of me to accept whatever they say at face value. I have laid out the problem Tamil is facing because of English and with Hindi, it is going to face the same problem in future if we accept it as a link language along with English. The feeling that has been projected here is the true state of Tamil language and other regional languages, yes it is uncomfortable. Truth is painful and it cannot be hidden for long through false propaganda. Hindi cannot give us what English language can offer. When you have enriched Hindi to the level of English then we can agree on replacing English as link language from India until then Hindi cannot be an alternate link language because English and Tamil language is far superior than Hindi in all aspects.

[@akashmdeepmaurya24]

Just replace english with Hindi... And see how world responds to Bharatam.... Google lists hindi on top of users... And we watch many movies in telugu only....

[@renugadevi9135]

@@akashmdeepmaurya24 you replace english with tamil.problem solved🤣. I will never learn hindi

[@chocolatetit4116]

@@johnson0ajar exactly, hindi has nothing in value of return except we can watch bollywood movies and understand what dumb hindi politicians speak.

[@chocolatetit4116]

@subhadeep mandal through hindi? do u think hindi is indian language? pakistan speaks hindi u illiterate go to pakistan if u want everybody in ur country to speak hindi , for any south indian hindi is just another language, english is far better than hindi, english has almost all science and technology related books in it. Hindi is bullshitt.

[@penntemp]

Hindi divides India.

[@penntemp]

India does not need a link language. Hindi needs to be removed from non-Hindi speaking states. Constitution needs to be amended to remove Hindi as official language.

[@Voyagaer_7_2]

If hindi becomes national language it will give unfair advantages to airhead, nincompoops, idiots from UP/Bihar/MP. Who wants to join Govt jobs to get more dowry.

[@tusharrrrrr]

Hindi imposition is real. I studied in a CBSE school in Maharashtra and being a Marathi, I never studied Marathi in it but Hindi, Sanskrit and English. As a result, I'm more fluent in Hindi. I couldn't speak a single sentence in Marathi couple of years ago, Only recently i have started learning Marathi... So, Just imagine the state of Marathi language in its home state, Maharashtra. I hope, Hindi will be rejected by all the non-Hindi states.

[@janakiramcholaraju8462]

Vamanacharya’s views is his personal and doesn’t echo the view of Karnataka people.

[@BunButterJam.laxman]

vaman is not representing whole Karnataka,,, just bluffing...

[@ganeshp2912]

Talk in English in a English programme...this is the hindi chauvinism

[@rkkr7309]

Many languages forms a country, One languages will divide the country,

[@idle4407]

HIndi is as much a regional language as any other language in India... if it is imposed on us we will have to go the 'Bangladesh way'. That is complete Independence from Hindistan

[@sp5335]

Just because some politicians want to enforce something for their political interests, why should we divide our nation? We did the same mistake in the past. We should fight these politicians instead.

[@ashwinprabhu3925]

^what past?there was no India before 1947...by joining with India the non hindi states became a colony to the cow belt.

[@sp5335]

India is not just a country. It's a civilisation which existed for many many centuries since Indus valley civilization. The Mughals n Britishers took advantage of our internal differences and occupied our lands. I am a south Indian as well. We should not let others take advantage of our differences.

[@SunLightSunRavi]

Languages generate nd destroy but india was is nd will be

[@msr7373]

Bangladesh didn’t seperate due to Urdu bangla scuffle . Yes it was the first scuffle between east and west Pakistan but that was never the reason for their separation it had to do with unjust treatment by the ruling elite of Pakistan and refusal of Yahya and Bhutto to hand over the power to Mujeeb due to disagreement over the 6 points of the latter

[@tramanarayanarao2656]

To Gobar Language 🖕

[@hideokuze80]

Your words are a representation of you.

[@dineshganyarpawar5441]

Hey. Even I don't support hindi for national language. But we should not disrespect any language

[@mongolianbornaparte7217]

Hindi is itself uncivilized language 90 % of hindi speakers use behenchod and maderchod to form meaningful sentences

[@ronhak3736]

Kolkata was the birthplace of the modern Hindi language: it was ‘invented’ by the British in Fort William, Kolkata by John Borthwick Gilchrist.

[@isaiselvam1795]

Have a doubt whether this debate is in English or in Hindi? The person who supports Hindi talked only in Hindi. While the others shared their views on English. This shows their dominance. Then I think other speakers also speak in their language

[@SocialWatchDog]

Why don't we put all the languages as National Language? 🤣😁

[@bb857]

Already all are national languages only

[@vladhardware5642]

I didn't know Baichung before. Now, I'm a huge fan.

[@ptj1ptj172]

He is a legendary footballer...perhaps the best India has produced thus far. I M Vijayan comes a close second.

[@vetrivel1021]

If the panelists are talking in Hindi, then you are not addressing all the people who dont know Hindi, Your basic aim of being on this debate is already defeated. You are not going to convert the hearts and minds of the people who dont know Hindi.

[@ankun5207]

99 %people don'tknow handi language in karnataka

[@SATISHKUMAR-li6uc]

@20:50 he is saying Hindi has not spoken against any language (Hindi kisi basha ke virudh kabhi bayan nahi kiya) because no one from any other state had imposed any language on the nation like Hindi is being imposed on the nation..

[@sdsays6664]

I love tamil & I hate Hindi. Tamil is a classical language. The language of Ravana,Lord Shiva and lord Kartikeya.

[@Voyagaer_7_2]

but you love BJP who wants to impose hindi on you.

[@sreeravan3553]

We respect your thoughts

[@sdsays6664]

@@Voyagaer_7_2 I love Ram....That doesn't necessarily mean I've to support BJP for whatever they do.

[@saththiyambharathiyan8175]

Hey Ravana was sinhala....

[@souvik492]

it takes thousands of years to develop a language and it is related to culture also..one language may influence another language but you can't impose a specific language . in my opinion English is much more practical approach for India.

[@olaf3918]

What kasthuri said was right... Hindi is an invaders language for us.... Atleast English people ruled us for around 300 years but no hindi rulers ruled us.

[@SunLightSunRavi]

Chup pagal kahin ka

[@StarkEdits11]

@@SunLightSunRavi Hindi shitty pani poori language.

[@SunLightSunRavi]

@@StarkEdits11 bkwas .... It is the prime language in many indian states .... Even pakistan Bhutan nepal nd somewhat Myanmar people nd tibetians understand it very easily .....

[@StarkEdits11]

@@SunLightSunRavi So what our Tamil is understood by many more countries in the world. Tamil is recognised the official language in 4 countries A. India B. Sri Lanka C. Singapore D. Malaysia 2. Tamil recognised as a minority language in 7 countries: A. Canada B. Malaysia C. Mauritius and Scychelles D. South Africa E. Reunion and France 3. Tamil is the first classical language in India ( search Google) 4. Tamil is the mother language of all Dravidian language (search Google) 5. Tamil the first and oldest living language in the world. 6. Tamil has 247 characters in the script... Hindi has only 44 letters 7. Last but not least, unlike Hindi Tamil is not derived from any other indian or foreign languages...it was completely evolved in the state of Tamil Nadu.

[@thomasranjit7781]

All BJP members are gundas and raskals.....what will they teach Indians

[@98919891989198914]

So basically 43% of Indians who speak Hindi as their mother tongue will have to study only two languages hindi and english(sanskrit from 4th standard to 9th) whereas rest of the population will have to study Hindi, English and their mother tongue or Choose between Hindi or their mother tongue. How is this fair?

[@SinghalLouis]

I mean, Hindi is not even a real Indian language.. it's a derivate of a real Indian language, Urdu.. so shouldn't Urdu be the real contestant here, instead of Hindi

[@samsweb007]

superb kasturi

[@kabilan]

Hindi is not a national language and it is definitely an invaders tongue as far as Tamil Nadu is concerned! That’s our joint opinion! You can talk to my back now

[@sushmita9040]

What do invaders do? They impose themselves and that's exactly what hindi does. Relax now!

[@jamesmaibam9823]

It’s very sorry to say this, Dear Indian don’t even try to impose Hindi on us especially at Northeast. Give respect and earn respect. Respect someone identity, culture, looks and language. We won’t care what is India if you people try to belittle us.

[@Ami-db4cg]

What is wrong with you news reporters.. there’s nothing called as national language in India.!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Vinay23088]

That BJP vamanacharya is a representative of BJP not Karnataka.

[@ಬಸನಗೌಡಪಾಟೀಲ್-ಷ2ಲ]

What a joke .. these people are conversing in English and says Hindi is connecting language.. Let them do debate in only Hindi channels ..

[@MuzzamilMohamedAP]

What is BJP saying. It’s like for last 70 yrs there was not unity in india and they are the ones who united India. Since last few years we see this

[@SBALAK9753]

You mention that Hindi will not be imposed but do you ever teach in the Hindi belt any other language other than English. When Tamils are learning Hindi let us see how many in the Hindi area learn any other Indian language volutarily? Yet these guys come out and say that they are for national unity. They are the destroyers of Indian unity because they show no respect to the languages of the South. With the technologies available why not translate everything into every language and when people go from area to another they can use it to translate. Where is the 3 language proposed by Lal Bahadur Shastri done in the Hindi area. So mentioning the 3 language formula gives no credence to imposing Hindi.

[@akashmdeepmaurya24]

No one ever opposed English... But hindi promotion becomes trouble.... Discard English completely then talk about Bharatiya languages....

[@santanumohapatra1326]

Stop using vehicles then. It has its origin in industrial revolution in Britain.

[@ayushrawat2589]

I am Against Hindi Imposition. I Support Hindi Promotion. Hindi Has a great potential of Absorbing other languages (inclusive) and becoming a Link language. Don't forget We do get to see regional influences in Hindi across the country where it is accepted and Spoken. Give Hindi Time, erase the feeling of 'Outsider' or 'Invasion', and we'll see Hindi as as our own language which will be greatly influenced by our mother tongue. Hindi is official language only because it offers a great flexibility. each and every state can have their own versions of Hindi. English, inspite of getting a little space in our country, cannot imbibe our values and cannot represent the country. (I have used 'We' and not 'You')

[@tharuenselvan6871]

no thanks !

[@ravikirans5420]

That gay from Karnataka....he will suffer if he comes to Mandya or old Mysore side

[@r.radhakrishnan3501]

Most of the top leaders in BJP - RSS don't understand English as well as the difficulty in learning a new foreign language (Hindi is a foreign language to a person from AP or TN) Let BJP-RSS leaders try to learn English and one language from Southern India.

[@damugowda38]

I Am from Karnataka vaman acharya is wrong, kasturi is right, we don't want allowed hindi,

[@raghavnarasimhan4703]

If India wants a greater unification, the onus here is on the centre to promote the true diversity of Indian languages to all of India's youth far and wide. So yes, Teach Hindi in Tamil Nadu, but also Malayalam in Punjab, Telugu in UP and Marathi in Sikkim. We need to understand each other, stick up for each other and appreciate our collective diversity.

[@Swamy189]

Make Kannada National language

[@LADIES2023]

Non Hindi speaking communities - please please be alert and cautious.... these Hindi speaking buggers are forcing you to learn Hindi in order to take your land and rights later. They will claim that oh well the whole India now speaks Hindi so we should unite all the land and rule under one Hindi regime. These guys are culprits planning for a Hindi speaking Hindu worshipping India... never never give up 👺👺 first ask them to teach their own children Hindi and Hindu culture.

[@waverider1674]

Why NDTV allows a panelist to speak in Hindi while not extending the same privilege to other non Hindi speakers. Shame on you NDTV.

[@seshagirigopavarapu4227]

Unity and integration do not mean South Indians becoming North Indians in respect of their language, culture, food habbits.

[@rsha2000]

Journalist referring Hindi as national language...how sad it is... India does not have national language...but only official languages as English and Hindi... People are already United...our North Indian brothers and sisters love South and South Indians love North Indians...do not divide us by imposing Hindi...

[@1980raj]

shame on this karnataka guy!. From a Kannadiga,,

[@walterdmello9500]

I am proud of my mother tongue. Nobody can impose any language on me. Unity in diversity is the essence of India!

[@subratabhowal7590]

"Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity." - Al Goldstein. "England and America are two countries separated by the same language." - George Barnard Shaw. "With language you are at home anywhere." - Edmund De Waal.

[@arvindm1945]

NA TELUGU BHASHA CANT REPLACE ANY LANGUAGE IN WORLD, IT IS MY SOUL AND RESPECT ALL OTHER LANGUAGES.

[@Swamy189]

Mr.Acharya divided Karnataka to south Mysore Karnataka n others

[@sargunan]

NDTV is pathetic really...They continue to invite speakers to an English channel and allow Hindi imposing speakers to use Hindi...Any self-respecting non-Hindi person shouldn't even humour this joke of a channel...

[@dulkymohammed7938]

we dont want pani puri language in our southern state.

[@puneethkumar1783]

I think vaman acharya doesn't know anything...he is just politicising.... It is left to the people in South India to decide whether they want to learn hindi or not...who the hell is he to decide..