We always say Hindi speakers are majority we should make Hindi as national language. But lets have a look at singapore. 76.8% of them are Chinese who speak Mandarin, 13.9% are Indians, others are 1.4%. Their former president Lee would have made Mandarin as their national/official language. But he didn't do so. He respected all languages equally and also understood the importance of English. So, he made Madarin, Malay, Tamil and English as official languages. In their country they learn English and Mother toungue.[1]
If we search on the internet, we can see a lot of countries in favor of/accepting multilingualism.[2] Switzerland prints passports in five languages. Srilanka which holds the population of 74.9% Sinhalese prints passports in three languages. Someone may ask, ‘Do we need to print Indian Union passports in all the scheduled languages?’ There is wrong in printing the passport for a Maharashtrian in Marathi and for Punjabis in Punjabi in addition to English.
Nigeria a country with more than 520 languages uses English alone for their official purpose. They also ruled by the British and got independence after us. They understood English is a tool to communicate with the world. They teach Regional language in all the 36 states. They are not imposing any language in the name of nationalism or they don’t ignore English. They know, in a country with different languages should have a common language which is a foreign language for all; They know, the citizens of a country should be treated equally; They know, citizens of a country should share the advantages and disadvantages equally; They know, in the name of nationalism imposing a language on the people is immoral. If anyone says they are less patriotic towards their country would anybody consider it as a wiser statement?
Why one cannot expect the same in Indian Union?
References:
1. http://writersamas.blogspot.com/2019/06/blog-post_11.html
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism
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