[Assam] [asom] Re: Brikodar Baruar Biya

[BBaruah at aol.com]

Only theTamilians seem to be different with a sandalwood  pasted forehead, 
rasam-sambar, and their language whether in Zunheboto or Napa  Valley.    
But for them Hindi would have blown us over many times  now. My gratitude to 
them. 
BTW how about making the learning of an Indian non-Hindi)  compulsory for the 
Hindies? Just as Hindi is being pushed   through our throats they also  
should be made to savour the taste of another language, otherwise where is the  fun 
of integration. 
I fully agree with the core of the letter. My observations concern only  with 
the quote. 
It is true that once you visit Tamilnadu or some other Southern States of  
India, you do feel that Hindi has not made a good deal of success in these  
States. But there are thousands and thousands of South Indians working outside  
the State, in the capital of India itself, and then in the Armed forces, in  
commercial undertakings and so on, who learn Hindi and speak the language with  
pride for being able to speak it, say like those living in Delhi like the  
Delhi-ites themselves. A high official of the Parliament’s Secretariat once told  
me that his Tamil Office Assistants wrote better Hindi than their native Hindi 
 speaking colleagues  from  UP or elsewhere. 
All India Officers posted to different States do have to acquire  proficiency 
in local languages. And some do learn the languages very well.  People do 
learn another tongue out of need or compulsion, if not just for the  love of it. 
And, yes, for love as well! 
Just I now remember a non-Welshman receiving highest accolade for  
contribution to the Welsh language, a language which many Wales do not speak.  Then an 
Indian becoming a celebrity for his contribution to gypsy culture of the  
world! 
Bhuban
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