Maa ki zubaan = Hindi?
Current Tune : Maa tujhe salaam
Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine, Vidya about languages in India. When our Thursday “mandir gang” 
gets together, all of us speak Hindi except for Shiva and Vidya. Shiva can understand it but doesn’t speak it, and Vidya hardly understands it. They are from Tamil Nadu and moved to the US about three years back.
Toh ek din hum log ice cream khaane gaye toh Papa ne koi comment maara aaise hi Shiva par yaa kuch (theek se ab yaad nahi hai :roll:). Toh Papa ne Vidya ko poocha, “Vidya, kuch samaj main aaya?” She said, “No.” Mumma and Papa both said that its high time that you should learn Hindi. She was saying that its because they don’t teach it in the South, that’s why she never got a chance to learn (plus she has never TRIED to learn either :irked:).
I got involved (of course! :cool:) and told Vidya that you have to know atleast our mother tongue. She said that Hindi is not our mother tongue, then I asked what is the mother tongue of India? Of course, I know what she is going to say: Tamil. Umm, no, 
that would be a state language just like Gujrati, Punjabi, Sindhi, etc. Does India have a mother tongue? What is Hindi? Is it a state language? Why don’t they teach Hindi in the South? Why is there always this division between North and South?
I stayed put with my argument and told her that Hindi is the mother tongue of India because more than 90% of the population can speak Hindi. Yes, its important to know your state languages (even I know my parents’ state languages - Gujrati and Punjabi) but I also know Hindi as well. Now if you get all of the different people together from each state, how the heck are you going to communicate?? South Indians would say: English. If you get someone like Laloo Prasad Yadav (Manpreeu’s role model :smile:) sitting in this group then you can be quite sure that he doesn’t know a lick or split of English. Then everyone SHOULD communicate in Hindi.
I don’t really understand the argument where you can say that Hindi is not our mother tongue. Come on yaar, your state is important but more important than the rest of the country? Then the point I brought up with them was why do you watch Hindi movies? Do you watch other any of the other states’ movies?? That makes Hindi different from any other language:!:
What are your views on this? I would love to hear what you think about this matter. 
On another note: I tried to download Mozilla last night so that I could fix the problem with the left bar. The minute after I tried using Mozilla, I couldn’t access my website. 
Not only my website but Monty’s and Devesh’s as well. Then I gave up last night and thought I would try this morning. Still the same problem (even after uninstalling Mozilla). So now I am writing this from my home PC where I am able to access the site just fine (but yaar, I would rather be using my laptop :cry:). If anybody else is having problems or might know why this is happening, please let me know. 
Alvida. 
Oh balle balle, oh shaba shaba, oh chak de phatte! Sheronwali Da Teri Sadaa Hi Jai!
July 29th, 2004 at 12:59 pm
Main fir se yahan aa tapki… ashaa kartin hun ki aap log jyaada mere se pareshan na ho rahen hon :p…
Haha… ok and entire sentence of hindi!! Phew… usually I speak what they call “hinglish”!! But baat sahi hai… hindi toh logon ko aani chahiye…
meri problem to kuch aur hi hai yaar… hindi toh aati hai lekin khud ki matri bhasha nahi aati :|
Agar is angle se socho.. toh it’s kinda good that people from different regions give more preference to the language spoken in their state/region than the language which is commonly spoken in the entire country.. kyunki hindi ko zinda rakhnewale toh bahut hain… lekin regional languages ko zinda rakhnewale zyaada nahi. And Poonam…most of the people know about 2 languages… actually dekha jaye toh sabhon ko 3 aani chahiye-regional, hindi and english…. but ek usually choot jata hai..
ab kya kar sakten hain yaar… unhe nahi aati toh nahi aati… seekhne ki ichcha hogi and mahaul hoga toh seekh hi lenge :)
July 29th, 2004 at 1:13 pm
point well made - but if sab yehich sochne lag jaaye ke hindi ko zinda rakhnewale bahut hai…toh phir actually rakhega kaun?
mere ko just yehich baat nahi maloom thi ke South main toh seekhaate hi nahi hai Hindi.. kya yeh galat baat nahi hai?
They don’t seem to even it recognize it as our mother tongue. The importance of your state language is granted but Hindi is as well important.
3 languages - i think that’s better than what they teach here in US (just English until 9 std. when you get to choose between learning Spanish, German, and French). Very sad..very bad.
July 29th, 2004 at 1:19 pm
Punnu.. abhi ek email kiya hai… jaldi se reply karna..
and about the point I made.. well the best part about my points are ki bas hum hi aisa sochten hain… aur sab aisa nahi sochte … isiliye dont worry.. apni hindi hamesha alive and kicking rahegi :p :D
July 29th, 2004 at 1:28 pm
Reply maine bhej diya hai..jarur batana if main aage madat kar sakhu
Aur soo jaa re!! :lol::lol:
July 29th, 2004 at 1:57 pm
haan haan.. jaa rahen hain sone didi :p
Good night :D
July 29th, 2004 at 3:19 pm
khandaani chor hoon main!
classic dialogue of Shakti Kapoor in Andaz Apna Apna as Crimemaster Gogo!
:rotfl:
July 29th, 2004 at 5:43 pm
mera bas chalta, toh mein Punjabi compulsory language kar deta all over india !!
July 29th, 2004 at 6:39 pm
July 29th, 2004 at 8:53 pm
do kadam aur sahi…do kadam aur sahi…gayi bhaas pani mein..all i have to say :P..ram naam satya hai lol!!!!
do kadam aur sahiiiiiiiii do kadam aur sahiii:rotfl:
July 29th, 2004 at 11:37 pm
Things are not so bad in south. I stayed in Bangalore for about 10 months. Most people there, know English, Hindi, Kanada, Tamil & Telugu. It’s just in Tamil Nadu, that people don’t speak Hindi. Even if they know it, they won’t converse in it at all. Once I went to Chennai, i had really a hard time explaining directions to the auto-wallas. They know just Tamil, no hindi, no english :irked:.
And, yeah I second Monty’s idea of making Punjabi compulsory throughout the world
HoHoHoHaHaHa
Chak de phatte!!!
July 29th, 2004 at 11:45 pm
tusi punju log kinni sweet ho yaar :p :lol:… punjabi ko complusory karna hai toh kar deo… apun toh school se paas ho gaya!! yaoyao!!
July 29th, 2004 at 11:48 pm
Jinko punjabi nahin aati, unko bhi school mein daal diya jayega….. Wahon Monty masterji punjabi sikhayenge :p
July 29th, 2004 at 11:57 pm
Manpreet, if i teach punjabi in schools, i doubt anyone would pass!! My punjabi suxx, though i’m constantly trying to improve it.
Aisi punjabi log kinne sweet honde ne haan!
July 29th, 2004 at 11:59 pm
Am i the only one who didnt understand Ridhish’s comment or do i have company?
July 30th, 2004 at 12:03 am
I guess Ridhish, ne akhi tera kehna maan liya… vodka pi hi lee
ussi ka effect lagta hai 
July 30th, 2004 at 12:05 am
Oh good, so i do have company. Woh kya vodka peeyega. Woh juice item hain.
July 30th, 2004 at 12:18 am
lolzz @ Riddy boy being juice item.. mast bola Monty :p..
apun ko bhi nahi samajh mein aaya yaar…
Actually I think he’s suffering from the Rash Withdrawal Symptoms…
**wails about the state of her yahoo msger**
:banghead::grumpy::irked::???::mad::cry::sad::no:
July 30th, 2004 at 12:21 am
Luckily no one other than Ridhish is suffering from Rash Withdrawal Symptoms. Bhagwan bachaye saanu nosey girl se. Yaar 22 days more, and then you would have a super duper connection, and then you wont get a chance to complain “Are yaar Monty, i didnt email coz mom took me saree shopping”
July 30th, 2004 at 12:26 am
Monty ji tainu ki malum?!?!?… yeh jo Rash hai na… uske bahut sare deewane!! Na jaane kitne saare ro ga rahen honge… mandir mein phool prasad chada rahe honge taki mariaaahhhhhh wapas aa jaye… lekin lagta hai ki bhagwaan ji Monty ke bure karmon ke liye hum hi ko punish kar rahen hain..
theek hai yaar.. tere liye yeh bhi seh leten hain.. after all ull be sponsoring my ticket… in fact since I’m doing so much for you, you should start thinking of upgrading it to business class :p
July 30th, 2004 at 12:29 am
Business class!!! Hmm, sochna padega. I could do that for pyaari Richu. Tumhare toh already itne deewane hain yaar. Ek aur deewano kyu chahiye? Juicy Ridhish bhi deewana hai kya?
July 30th, 2004 at 12:32 am
hahahahhahhahaa
Abey… I’m laughing soo hard… don’t know what to say!!:p
July 30th, 2004 at 12:34 am
Chill Chill Reshu!! Tenu badi haasi aa rahi hai aaj
July 30th, 2004 at 12:35 am
Richu ke liye you dont need to send any business Class ticket… woh toh teri shaadi ke samay Dilli mein hogi… agar bulayego tu usko toh woh 3rd class compartment mein baithke Mumbai chali aayegi :p
And arey ticket ka deal tere se hua tha na… ab yeh Deewanigir and Ridhish beech mein kahan se aaya… I’m just getting a bit greedy about the business class BA deal man.. DO RECONSIDER!!
July 30th, 2004 at 12:38 am
Reshu meri choti bhen hai, usko 3rd class mein bulaaunga. Uske liye Jet Airways ki ticket bhejunga :p
July 30th, 2004 at 12:43 am
read as “Richu meri choti bhen hai”
July 30th, 2004 at 12:54 am
hahaha.. dekho.. galti toh ho gayee na!! :p
Bhagwaan signal dikha raha hai Monty… woh bata raha hai ki tumhe kya karna chahiye :hyper::rotfl::lol:
July 30th, 2004 at 1:01 am
Rashu, Monty is offering you air ticket ‘coz he knows that soon air tickets will be cheaper than train tickets in india… Smart brain
July 30th, 2004 at 1:20 am
Arey nahi re Manpreet.. woh apne shaadi ke liye mere ko Chicago-Heathrow-Mumbai wali BA ki business Class tixcket de raha hai..
kinna sona munda hai na?!?!?!?
July 30th, 2004 at 1:22 am
HAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIII !!! Finally she called me a sona munda! Meri toh nikal paadi, Abhi iske liye jaan haazziir hain , air ticket ki kya baat hain
July 30th, 2004 at 1:27 am
Kya baat hai
July 30th, 2004 at 4:05 am
**blushes and runs away**
July 30th, 2004 at 5:56 am
If I’m not mistaken, Hindi is not taught in the Tamil Nadu’s schools and I think is an optional subject. There’s another aspect to it: People are stubborn and governments use consensus by pleasing the crowd. The situation is worse because in TN, rural population virtually rules.
I’m a south Indian, Marathi by mother-tongue, Kannada by state-lingo and Hindi by nation and english to the world. My normal dialogue in and outside country is always in Hindi with compatriots. A practice by choice. In my state hindi is compulsory and I commend that.
Not many realize how wonderful hindi is esp. when you add the spice of bombayish slang to it :)
July 30th, 2004 at 10:27 am
It was funny - yesterday I was visiting some guy named Carthik’s website and he had a page called “100 things about me”. One of the items that he wrote was “I cannot write in my mother tongue, Tamil.”
[Rash] Changa hai chotu (i am going to call Rash - chotu :rotfl:). Punjabi log kinne meethe hai..aur zubaan bhi.
Bolle toh chak de phatte! 
Aur yeh sab baatein about plane ticket…kya Monty Singh tum kya apun ke liye bhi aur Neeraj ke liye bhi Chicago-Heathrow-Mumbai ki ticket bhejogai??? Apun ko Rashu ke saath travel karna hai!! :lol::lol: Yeh wali bahen kya shaadi main nahi aayegi?
Ridhish ka comment apun ke bheje main bhi koi jamma nahi…ab woh hi aayega aur batayega.
[Chetan] So you speak Marathi? Very cool. I have been thinking for a while which part of India you might have been from and I had guessed in my mind Bangalore but thought u might speak Kannada.
Lagta hai thoodaa galat ho gayi.:oops:
So Hindi is taught in Tamil Nadu schools? Well that’s good to hear but it still seems that they don’t recognize it as their maathru-baadshaah.
I just think that it would be nice if we could all communicate in Hindi in India and that have the option to speak our state languages with anyone in our state.
July 31st, 2004 at 9:17 am
Just wondering ki mera naam MBBS kaise rakh diya???
July 31st, 2004 at 9:31 am
Tumhare liye its: MBBS = Manpreet Bhai Bhalla Singh
:grin:
July 31st, 2004 at 9:46 am
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Poonam, your imagination rocks :p
July 31st, 2004 at 9:56 am
btw - mere ko abhi yaad aaya ke tum toh kah rahe the ke do din ke liye gayab hoge.. phir??
August 1st, 2004 at 11:58 pm
Yeah… but.. saturday’s plan saara chopat ho gaya.. all due to heavy rains in this part of the world
August 2nd, 2004 at 12:00 am
August 2nd, 2004 at 12:16 am
I am in the sickest city of India - Pune. It has been raining cats & dogs for the last 3 days
1-2 days barish ho to, its ok.. infact its great… but i hate it when it rains almost every day… specially on weekends 
August 2nd, 2004 at 12:25 am
Abhi toh hopefully season khatam ho raha hoga..aur baarish ko bhi tata kah sakhogai
August 2nd, 2004 at 12:34 am
Yeh.. I’m used to Delhi’s weather… except summers, delhi’s climate rox!!!
Abhi season kahan khatam hua hai… it has just started… monsoons are late this time.. Delhi mein to abhi tak barish bhi nahin hui..
August 2nd, 2004 at 6:13 pm
DELHI’s CLIMATE SUCKSSSSSSSs !!!
DELHI SUCKS !!!
August 2nd, 2004 at 6:59 pm
[Monty] - Delhi isn’t my favorite place in the world either!
August 2nd, 2004 at 7:27 pm
I’d like to repeat !!
DELHI SUCKSSSS
p.s-> I wonder why i hate delhi so much, no bad experiences, not really seen the place well, but still soemthign against it. Devesh is the same, he cant stand it too :s
August 3rd, 2004 at 12:03 am
Monty, you guys have to visit Delhi… maybe I will invite you sometime over there.. and will show you guys the true Delhi…
Nowhere in India (even in mumbai) you get better food than delhi…
Winters bole to.. i love delhi winters… That foggy weather… hot cup of tea & coffee… whooa! and ice-cream in icy-weather… who can resist it…
Delhi:
- has wider roads… best city to drive your car…
- great food.. as i mentioned above
- great crowd… bangalore/pune sux in comparison….
- large houses… in mumbai… houses are so expensive and so small…
- and i can go on & on…
I LOVE DELHI
August 3rd, 2004 at 12:37 am
[Manpreet] - Yeh invitation mere aur Neeraj ke liye bhi hai kya??
Mera last experience in Delhi was not so great… kabhi fursat main bataongi. That was three years ago..ho sakta hai ab change ho gaya ho. Tumhare itne kehne ke baad apun Delhi ko ek aur baar try denge. 
August 3rd, 2004 at 12:55 am
Anytime… kabhi bhi delhi mein tapak jana.. i will be there to do the mehmaan navazi :)
Aisa kya hua tha 3 saal pehle… that you guys have developed a strong dislike for delhi..
November 20th, 2004 at 2:36 pm
:O do v think alike? I posted a similar message at Orkut long -2 time back. You can check it out here [requires registration - if someone needs an invite then let me know]. It is a 10 - 20 page long discussion where ppl from almost all over india write about it.
Now I don’t Orkut anymore because
1.) It is too slow
2.) Theres no way to track messages or new posts.
3.) No search at all
The starting concept was good but now if Google doesn’t introduce the above mentioned features then its not worth.
November 20th, 2004 at 3:20 pm
Oh well, we can’t change anything — just are able to voice our own opinion.
December 20th, 2004 at 4:46 am
agree with u cent percent… there has to be a national language, and Hindi qualifies the bill perfectly…India ko chhodo people can speak Hindi in Nepal as well…
December 20th, 2004 at 12:40 pm
June 26th, 2006 at 11:57 am
South indians have contributed so much for the country by other means. Most of the money that goes to UP & Bihar coesm from the south. And you guys keep talking about our patriotism. I wish that there should be more powers to the states so that the states can manage their won funds and each state has to depend on themselevs for their growth. if that happens, people would just leave thoose hindi spekaing north indian states to soouth & west looking for green pastures.
July 8th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
In Thamizhnadu, we need not teach Hindi in schools.
If a person go and stay in North India, with in three months he definitely will learn hindi.
In the same way North Indians coming to Thamizhnadu should learn Thamizh. Lots of my north indian friends are speaking Thamizh very well.
Only few North Indian people only have to change their attitude and accept other languages as Hindi only not being spoken india.
Thamizh Velga.
July 12th, 2006 at 9:46 am
Yes, Madhi is correct.
How North Indians are particular about Hindi, We Thamizh people are very particulat about Thamizh.All other sounth indian states should realise it and thier language only should be given first,second and third place in their state. It is very sad that Kannada is alomost routed out in Bangalore. In Hyderabad also with out Telugu and knowing hindi you can survive amd this is to be changed.
All the languages to be preserved in India and not only hindi.