“India is country of many languages. Yet we all are united under the name of India.”
We had this in our school, and perhaps, even read this same line in many of the forth-coming contexts of our life. We proudly state that every language is the sister of any other language…any other Indian language. Yes, all the regional-languages that we speak, we converse in, are nothing but an Indian Language first. Whatever the pronunciation, whatever be the script the language is written in, every single language in India, has its roots as an Indian Language first before being anything else.
Years before, or perhaps in the current times too, we said and learnt that “Hindu-Muslim bhai-bhai”. Those times, we needed to stress on secularism. But if you look at the current scenario, it seems that there will soon be a need to stress on regional-unity. It doesn’t mean that the stress on secularism needs to be eased…perhaps its increasing as ever.
Recently Kannada and Telugu joined the “Elite Group of Classical Languages” as described and invented by some. The former languages were Tamil and Malayalam. What does this mean? What do people have to conclude from this? That all the south Indian languages have a classic and rich heritage and literature that the other languages don’t?
What happened to the other languages? What about Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi and even-The National Language-as we say-Hindi? Aren’t they all rich in literature? Aren’t they all classically cultured? This grouping of languages doesn’t promote anything, it-just-demotes-unity. And who are the people to decide what the specific language has and what others don’t?
Any Language, literally any, is invented from the basic need of man to converse with each other. Later, it evolves into many stages…it moulds itself according to the time, the type of people and the locations. The more it gets evolved, the more it gets spread accordingly. But that doesn’t mean that a language which hasn’t got many speakers around the world isn’t rich in heritage. Literature is the result of spontaneous flow of one’s emotions… the readers/the spectators/the audience later enjoy it as their source of entertainment. But who is the mother of all this? Yes, its language.
We’re currently engaged in another battle. The battle that some politicians theorize as “Son-of-the-soil.” Will anyone respect any language if it is burdened to be respected? Respect, as any other factor, is born out of self-realization towards any certain person or thing. It can't be burdened. It’s the same as a child… Will a child respect the one who scolds him every time that he has to respect him or the one who is soft-spoken to him and tries to convey his message in a not-so-loud-manner? In such case, the former one will see fear-no not respect- on the child’s face every time he sees him. On the other hand, the latter one will obviously enjoy his love and respect, both.
Its all back to terror again. Terror. Right from the Mughal Period to the English rule and to the Constant-terrorist-attacks to the current language-war scenario. Indians, as in the united name, are subjected to constant test of patience and terrorism since their forefathers’ age. One day these all emotions are bound to find a stream and we might even witness the handling of the law by the citizens. You say Iraq and Germany were the witnesses of a brutal dictatorship? And I say their pain will be nothing compared to the constant struggle endured by The Indians.
Where are we headed? What happened to the country that rose up against the British and threw them out? Is this the same country that had a famous rebellion of 1857? If this goes on like this for some period of time, we might even witness the forming of 27 new nations-all with different national languages. Someone needs to stop this. Whenever our National Anthem is played, we say proudly that this anthem is arguably the best one in the world. Remember what does it describe? The first line itself states the unity of the Indians to form a Country-INDIA…
What will the freedom-fighters, who endured tremendous struggle and constant vigilance to see the country free and united, say when they see the current scenario? We at least need to respect their sacrifices. We all are Indians… and we will be the same for the rest of our life before being anything else. Don’t just think, dare to act. Remember: No country itself is perfect; we need to make it perfect. But don’t apply the wrong means. That doesn’t help. What will the difference be then between you and the scenario which you’re trying to change?
Oh, our National Anthem it truly the best, I daresay….
“Jana Gana Mana Adhinayak Jaya Hey,
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Punjab Sindhu Gujarat Maratha
Dravid Utkala Banga…”.
“….and the truth shall set you free!!”
We had this in our school, and perhaps, even read this same line in many of the forth-coming contexts of our life. We proudly state that every language is the sister of any other language…any other Indian language. Yes, all the regional-languages that we speak, we converse in, are nothing but an Indian Language first. Whatever the pronunciation, whatever be the script the language is written in, every single language in India, has its roots as an Indian Language first before being anything else.
Years before, or perhaps in the current times too, we said and learnt that “Hindu-Muslim bhai-bhai”. Those times, we needed to stress on secularism. But if you look at the current scenario, it seems that there will soon be a need to stress on regional-unity. It doesn’t mean that the stress on secularism needs to be eased…perhaps its increasing as ever.
Recently Kannada and Telugu joined the “Elite Group of Classical Languages” as described and invented by some. The former languages were Tamil and Malayalam. What does this mean? What do people have to conclude from this? That all the south Indian languages have a classic and rich heritage and literature that the other languages don’t?
What happened to the other languages? What about Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi and even-The National Language-as we say-Hindi? Aren’t they all rich in literature? Aren’t they all classically cultured? This grouping of languages doesn’t promote anything, it-just-demotes-unity. And who are the people to decide what the specific language has and what others don’t?
Any Language, literally any, is invented from the basic need of man to converse with each other. Later, it evolves into many stages…it moulds itself according to the time, the type of people and the locations. The more it gets evolved, the more it gets spread accordingly. But that doesn’t mean that a language which hasn’t got many speakers around the world isn’t rich in heritage. Literature is the result of spontaneous flow of one’s emotions… the readers/the spectators/the audience later enjoy it as their source of entertainment. But who is the mother of all this? Yes, its language.
We’re currently engaged in another battle. The battle that some politicians theorize as “Son-of-the-soil.” Will anyone respect any language if it is burdened to be respected? Respect, as any other factor, is born out of self-realization towards any certain person or thing. It can't be burdened. It’s the same as a child… Will a child respect the one who scolds him every time that he has to respect him or the one who is soft-spoken to him and tries to convey his message in a not-so-loud-manner? In such case, the former one will see fear-no not respect- on the child’s face every time he sees him. On the other hand, the latter one will obviously enjoy his love and respect, both.
Its all back to terror again. Terror. Right from the Mughal Period to the English rule and to the Constant-terrorist-attacks to the current language-war scenario. Indians, as in the united name, are subjected to constant test of patience and terrorism since their forefathers’ age. One day these all emotions are bound to find a stream and we might even witness the handling of the law by the citizens. You say Iraq and Germany were the witnesses of a brutal dictatorship? And I say their pain will be nothing compared to the constant struggle endured by The Indians.
Where are we headed? What happened to the country that rose up against the British and threw them out? Is this the same country that had a famous rebellion of 1857? If this goes on like this for some period of time, we might even witness the forming of 27 new nations-all with different national languages. Someone needs to stop this. Whenever our National Anthem is played, we say proudly that this anthem is arguably the best one in the world. Remember what does it describe? The first line itself states the unity of the Indians to form a Country-INDIA…
What will the freedom-fighters, who endured tremendous struggle and constant vigilance to see the country free and united, say when they see the current scenario? We at least need to respect their sacrifices. We all are Indians… and we will be the same for the rest of our life before being anything else. Don’t just think, dare to act. Remember: No country itself is perfect; we need to make it perfect. But don’t apply the wrong means. That doesn’t help. What will the difference be then between you and the scenario which you’re trying to change?
Oh, our National Anthem it truly the best, I daresay….
“Jana Gana Mana Adhinayak Jaya Hey,
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Punjab Sindhu Gujarat Maratha
Dravid Utkala Banga…”.
“….and the truth shall set you free!!”
