HINDI VS ENGLISH

Mulayam Singh Yadav's recent utterance of
banning English Language from Parliament may be Politically motivated
and one very extreme position; however, it has some merit which needs
deeper and serious consideration.The way English is taking over our
social, economic and political life, in next 50 years we will only
hear English speeches from Indian Parliament. And, therefore, there is
a need to encourage Hindi and other languages as mode of transaction
in our Parliament.If left to technocrats a real time Translation
Protocol could be designed for Hindi, other Indian Languages and
English for the benefit of our Parliamentarians. There is also a need
to popularize Hindi as a link language between other Indian Languages
in place of English; as that would over a period of time strengthen
Indian Languages which is being hammered by market forces and could
meet an untimely death, if we don't act now. Can we afford to tolerate
a Postgraduate in Sanskrit Language to work as a cook to support his
family and a graduate in Odiya Language as an Apartment attendant to
support him self in this city of Bhubaneswar?

BIKASH CHOUDHURY
BHUBANESWAR