Apropos ‘English is Indian: Kindly adjust’ (5th July 2014, HT) by Namita
Bhandare, I want to say that it is not only me, but all the
Indians who proudly declare it loud that India is a country with diverse
languages and rich heritage. When Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi etc. can
be included in Indian languages then why not English?
Moreover if people counter that English as a language, in India is the
result of our colonial rule then let me remind you about the railways, our
education system, many of our laws and the very concept of democracy, which
somewhere share the same origin. So, instead of raising any hitch in accepting
English as our language, we should look at the brighter side of it. The
addition of English language will just add to a richer profusion of the languages
we already own.
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