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Hindi Imperialism

Following the inauguration of the Vishwa Hindi Sammelan by PM Narendra Modi in Bhopal, many Benaglureans took toto show their dislike for propagating what is being considered the rise of ‘’. This, despite it being the tenth World Hindi Conference in the world that has returned to India after 40 years (the previous were hosted by the likes of London and New York). Many in the city joined the chorus against Hindi – which is one of the two official languages of India.The three-day Vishwa Hindi Sammelan began in Bhopal on Thursday and early in the day, the hashtag #StopHindiImperialism surfaced and started trending in the city. Twiters took the cause of 'equality of all languages'. On August 15, the hashtag #StopHindiImposition was trending among netizens.Techie Abhishek SN, who went on to post many tweets about the topic, said, “This is not trolling. It is a very serious issue. It is a big myth that one-language policy will unite India. Unless there is respect for all members, even a joint family will divide. Unity in a multilingual society comes from giving equal respect to all languages.”Some of the issues raised by the netizens included the absence of the local languages in security and safety instructions on flight announcements, trains and even LPG cylinders. At the conference, Modi said he wondered what would have happened to him if he did not know Hindi. This was criticised by netizens. @Chennai_Paiyyan tweeted, 'Modi tweeted his fear of what would have happened if he hadn't known Hindi. Abdul Kalam showed no such boyish fear.'Banavasi Balaga, a group of techies, has organised a photo exhibition at Ravindra Kalakshetra Art Gallery on September 13, on the topic “India's language policy must promote equality.”NEST & IIT admission test in Hindi, But not in Malayalam Still India collects tax from Kerala state peopleWont accept 2nd class status in own homeland & birth-land. Claim back what 1947 stole frm us. Linguistic equality now.Hindi should not be the favourite child of the govt, stop this favouritism. We want India, not HindiaStop projecting to the world that India = Hindi. Take pride in we being multilingual nation.Hindi people are free to promote their language. But why with our money and at the expense of our languages?Most airlines don't care life if you don't know Hindi/English. Zero value attached to such livesNo emergency/safety instructions in trains. What are we supposed to do? Die?Say no to untouchability of languages and Treat all languages at par with HindiA Hindi only person can write IAS in his/her language. A non-Hindi person can’t get 20 paise postcard in his/her lang.