@beastoftraal

Also, I am not here to fight, but would love a healthy debate.

Start with this thread here https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/110966180203055579 if you are interested in my viewpoint. I don't want to repeat everything 😃

Just so you know, #Hindi is not my mother tongue. I am fluent in 5 Indian languages and happy to learn more. I certainly want to understand your viewpoint. Perhaps we can reach a middle ground where we can understand each other's position?

#LanguageBigotry #Article343

@beastoftraal

This is Times of #India, not a regional newspaper. Why not respect Hindi as an indigenous language spoken by majority of #Indians?

If it's ok to transliterate #Kannada & #Telugu into English, why exclude Hindi? It's not like nobody speaks #Hindi or #Urdu in #Bengaluru or #Hyderabad.

For all the talk about perceived #hegemonic project by Hindi-speaking people to #enslave others, how does it feel to be enslaved by #English even after independence?

#LanguageBigotry #Article343