It is a good question, but need to be asked to your state politicians.
Not only Rajasthani, the following are the Indian languages affected by introducing Hindi.
Bhojpuri,
Rajasthani,
Chattisghari,
Magadh,
Haryanvi,
Khotta,
Marwari,
Bhundeli,
Malvi,
Sadan.
Mewari,
Awadhi,
Lambari,
Pahari,
Hara,
Bhageli,
Garwarli,
Nimadi,
Surjapuri,
Kumaoni,
Surghujia,
Banjari,
Dhundari,
Brajbhasa,
Gojri,
Kangri.
You mean “developing multiple cities” mean industrial development?
Karnataka as such has its natural beautiful cities in western ghats, river basins etc. It also has IT, Garment, Service industries in Bengaluru and Mysuru.
Why to spoil Karnataka with Manufacturing and polluting industries? If at all any naturally diadvantaged cities need to be developed - the fire has to be with Lingayats and Vokkaligas.
I am reproducing the story of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu:
Manchester of the South; Light Engineering Powerhouse of India’—these are the usual catchphrases used for Coimbatore, a district in Tamil Nadu (TN) that produces roughly 15 per cent of the country’s cotton yarn, generates 45 per cent of its knitwear exports, and meets half of the domestic pumpsets requirement
At one level the basis for these appellations defies conventional explanation. Coimbatore possesses none of the classic attributes associated with mainstream industrial centres. It has no abundance of mineral wealth to speak of. The Kongunad region of western TN—mainly Coimbatore and Erode districts—is landlocked, surrounded by the Western Ghats and hills on almost all sides. Being far removed from the major ports—Chennai is over 500 km by road, while it is 450 km to Thoothukudi and 190 km to Kochi—Coimbatore enjoys none of the location advantages accruing to Mumbai, Surat, Jamnagar, Kolkata, or Visakhapatnam. Neither has it been strategically positioned like Ahmedabad on major commercial routes connecting the ports with the principal towns of the hinterland.
Historically, the Kongu upland plains may have served as an important gateway for troops and commodity movement over the Ghats through the Palakkad gap. Being in the middle of the southern peninsula also made it a buffer of sorts between the rulers of the great Tamil valley centres and those in the Mysore Deccan and west coast kingdoms. Even these functions were undermined by the thick forest cover and lack of good roads, which meant that the region was sparsely populated right till the early part of the nineteenth century.
Also, never in its history has Coimbatore reaped the concomi tant economic benefits of being a political or administrative headquart- ers like Delhi, Kolkata, and Chennai, a financial capital on the scale of Mumbai or, for that matter, an ancient temple town a la Madurai, Thanjavur, Ramanathapuram, and Kanchipuram.
Last, but not least, Coimbatore’s emergence as one of India’s pre- eminent manufacturing hubs has been brought about not by Nattukottai Chettiars or other traditional mercantile interests but by industrialists of two communities—the Kammavars and Kongu Gounders—whose primary vocation is farming.
That would convey an impression of a region with a wellendowed agroclimatic regime, buttressed by perennial rivers and munificent monsoons. Again, the facts point otherwise.The western zone districts of Coimbatore, Erode, Karur, and Dindigul receive an average annual rainfall of 714 mm, which is not only below the all-India level of 1,190 mm, but even the overall 925 mm figure for TN. Indeed Kongunad lies in a veritable rain-shadow, rendering it the driest region of the state.3 It has also not been blessed by extensive irrigation works of the kind seen in the Cauvery delta or the Vaigai and Tambraparni rivers in the southern Tamil districts.
Unlike the relatively dry and newly settled Kongu country, these systems have been the backbone of a fecund rice-based valley civilization stretching back to their early Chola and Pandya builders,and capable of sustaining two, or even three, crops a year.
How Coimbatore has risen to what it is today, in spite of all its perceived inherent infirmities: More specifically, two main communities that have contributed to its ‘Manchesterization’ and transformation into a land of foundries, machine shops, and engineering units fabricating a whole range of goods from castings, motors, and compressors to pumpsets and wet grinders. If the evolution of Chennai and its neighbourhoods into a major engineering and automotive hub owes a lot to Tamil Brahmin groups like TVS and Amalgamations, the same can be said about the Kammavars and Kongu Gounders vis-à-vis Coimbatore.
You mean “developing multiple cities” mean industrial development?
Karnataka as such has its natural beautiful cities in western ghats, river basins etc. It also has IT, Garment, Service industries in Bengaluru and Mysuru.
Why to spoil Karnataka with Manufacturing and polluting industries? If at all any naturally diadvantaged cities need to be developed - the fire has to be with Lingayats and Vokkaligas.
I am reproducing the story of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu:
Manchester of the South; Light Engineering Powerhouse of India’—these are the usual catchphrases used for Coimbatore, a district in Tamil Nadu (TN) that produces roughly 15 per cent of the country’s cotton yarn, generates 45 per cent of its knitwear exports, and meets half of the domestic pumpsets requirement
At one level the basis for these appellations defies conventional explanation. Coimbatore possesses none of the classic attributes associated with mainstream industrial centres. It has no abundance of mineral wealth to speak of. The Kongunad region of western TN—mainly Coimbatore and Erode districts—is landlocked, surrounded by the Western Ghats and hills on almost all sides. Being far removed from the major ports—Chennai is over 500 km by road, while it is 450 km to Thoothukudi and 190 km to Kochi—Coimbatore enjoys none of the location advantages accruing to Mumbai, Surat, Jamnagar, Kolkata, or Visakhapatnam. Neither has it been strategically positioned like Ahmedabad on major commercial routes connecting the ports with the principal towns of the hinterland.
Historically, the Kongu upland plains may have served as an important gateway for troops and commodity movement over the Ghats through the Palakkad gap. Being in the middle of the southern peninsula also made it a buffer of sorts between the rulers of the great Tamil valley centres and those in the Mysore Deccan and west coast kingdoms. Even these functions were undermined by the thick forest cover and lack of good roads, which meant that the region was sparsely populated right till the early part of the nineteenth century.
Also, never in its history has Coimbatore reaped the concomi tant economic benefits of being a political or administrative headquart- ers like Delhi, Kolkata, and Chennai, a financial capital on the scale of Mumbai or, for that matter, an ancient temple town a la Madurai, Thanjavur, Ramanathapuram, and Kanchipuram.
Last, but not least, Coimbatore’s emergence as one of India’s pre- eminent manufacturing hubs has been brought about not by Nattukottai Chettiars or other traditional mercantile interests but by industrialists of two communities—the Kammavars and Kongu Gounders—whose primary vocation is farming.
That would convey an impression of a region with a wellendowed agroclimatic regime, buttressed by perennial rivers and munificent monsoons. Again, the facts point otherwise.The western zone districts of Coimbatore, Erode, Karur, and Dindigul receive an average annual rainfall of 714 mm, which is not only below the all-India level of 1,190 mm, but even the overall 925 mm figure for TN. Indeed Kongunad lies in a veritable rain-shadow, rendering it the driest region of the state.3 It has also not been blessed by extensive irrigation works of the kind seen in the Cauvery delta or the Vaigai and Tambraparni rivers in the southern Tamil districts.
Unlike the relatively dry and newly settled Kongu country, these systems have been the backbone of a fecund rice-based valley civilization stretching back to their early Chola and Pandya builders,and capable of sustaining two, or even three, crops a year.
How Coimbatore has risen to what it is today, in spite of all its perceived inherent infirmities: More specifically, two main communities that have contributed to its ‘Manchesterization’ and transformation into a land of foundries, machine shops, and engineering units fabricating a whole range of goods from castings, motors, and compressors to pumpsets and wet grinders. If the evolution of Chennai and its neighbourhoods into a major engineering and automotive hub owes a lot to Tamil Brahmin groups like TVS and Amalgamations, the same can be said about the Kammavars and Kongu Gounders vis-à-vis Coimbatore.
Now, I request you to ignore Politicians misleading the people in the name of pride. Just we analyse whether learning Hindi is an opportunity or not.
1.Proof is already in the Pudding: 3 or 2 - The winner is 2.
Three langauge policy is not a new one. It is in vogue since 1968.
All the States, except Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Tripura, have implemented the Three-Language formula and three languages.
The proof is already in the pudding of data of over 5 decades.
In any of the states implemented three language policy, the mother language is badly hit. The students are neither good at their mother language, nor english or any other third language.
What is the use of making kichdi out of all languages?
In the same period, the states which followed two language policy has shown growth, in the literacy rate and quality of education.
Parents knew, which language is worth learning…..
2.Mother Tongue and its Importance: Three is too much….
Only mother tongue is in one’s unconscious. With sound words are created, and then with words thoughts are created, and then with thoughts languages, religion and philosophy, everything. Deep down in unconscious is the mother tongue. With that one can enjoy the literature etc.
Few can well verse in another useful language. It is too much for everyone in rural, simple, normal one to learn third language, unless he is passionate.
3.History: English for every one.
Unfortunately there were invasions in history of our nation.. North were forced to learn invaders persian vibrations for over 4 centuries, followed by angreji for 2 centuries. TN does not share the same history from 13th to 17th century.
South learned English for over 2 centuries from 18th-19th. Now they found it is useful to communicate globally as well as accessing resources.
As we have seen, both North and South learned English in 18th/19th, a pragmatic way to tackle the problem would be to democratize English by making it the primary medium of instruction in all Government Schools. This way, Government Schools can compete with expensive Private schools as provider of quality education. Knowledge of English is the path that large number of the poor see out of their poverty.
4.Hindi killed Many North Indian Languages:
Many of the Indian languages are almost extinct in last 5 decades, since 1968. There is slow poisining of Bhojpuri, Mythili even Rajasthani. North Indians are not illiterates by number, made illiterates by the education system adopted in North. They were forced to learn Hindi and denied their rights to learn their mother tongue. Victims are Women and rural folk, whose mother tongue are not Hindi - dropped out of school.
5.What is the way forward for this multilinguistic nation?
English for Everyone: As we have seen, both North and South learned English in 18th/19th, a pragmatic way to tackle the problem would be to democratize English by making it the primary medium of instruction in all Government Schools.
English for Everyone: This way, Government Schools can compete with expensive Private schools as provider of quality education. Knowledge of English is the path that large number of the poor see out of their poverty.
English for Everyone: Perception of English as an invaders language is fast changing, with the advent of internet. English is a tool now to get ahead and the gets the job done.
English for Everyone: The smart phone era made our Indian youth smarter with its Syntex and Grammer.
English for Everyone: Most importantly, with so much material accessible online, it would equip the youngsters with what they need for a globalized economy.
Yes. It is English for Everyone, both North and South along with their mastery over their mother tongue.
Tiruchendur
I am neither a Brahmin nor a victim.
These restrictions are put for other purpose and used for restricting on caste basis over time. I will detail a real case and how the ruling was manipulated.
Do you think these temples of over 10 centuried are constructed by Brahmins or Other so called upper classes?
No.
It is constructed by all classes- locals and expert Shilpis and funded by Kings who collected tax from all people.
That means the “not allowing certain people has come in between”
When?
When Tamil country is in chaos- exactly end of 17th and beginning of 18th century onwards.
There were lot of players - family feuds of rulers, Marathas, Nawabs, Nizams, Portuguese, Dutch, French and British.
All around- every player had spies, they want to loot treasures, local individuals were targeted. Rulers, temple authorities had suspicion - but they could not single out. This resulted into mass ban of communities.
Normally, these bans are lifted whenever normalcy return. But unfortunately, that peace never happened, gone into the hands of a European invader.
On the otherday, I saw an eminent NRI person on social media dragged the issue of ‘banning his community to tiruchendur temple’. I do not know mentioning the community here is appropriate.
I am also completely against ‘not allowing’ anyone by birth. But only clarify the reason in that timeline.
Here is the Tiruchendur episode: of Dutch fortifying the temple and stealing the idol for money.
Kayalpattinum was the trade center then with Dutch and Portuguese. Dutch had a base at Ceylon. Portugese and Dutch were at Kayalpattinam, Tuticorin for the trading spices to Europe.
One incident to remember and one of its kind is that Dutch occupied the temple of Tiruchendur at a time when the king was in war with Bijapur Sultan and looted the treasures.
When the Madurai king returned victorious, Dutch try to set fire the temple and moved to Ceylon along with the deity idol and treasures. They demanded 100000 reals for the idol. Travancore king was ready to bid for the idol. He was requested by Madurai king not to buy the idol.
Madurai King managed to get the idol by warning and attacking the island region with the help of Kandy kings.
After getting the idol, the investigations done by Tinnevely officials revealed that the details of treasures were taken by spies from lengthy discussion at toddy shops in high spirits. Now the ruling is that not allowing the community involved in toddy making and selling and the visitors.
Normally, these bans are lifted whenever normalcy return. But unfortunately, that peace never happened, gone into the hands of a other European invader.
Only, time need to be blamed and there were our own people, helped the invaders- both Brahmins or other communities. Some did help, their community suffered because of them.
It took lot of time for me to explain.
