Jaya opposes Centre's move to make Hindi compulsory in colleges

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Maintaining its opposition to "imposition" of Hindi in the state, the Tamil Nadu government directed two universities on Thursday not to implement the UGC circular and said the decision taken by the previous UPA government would not be binding on it.

Chief minister Jayalalithaa said the move, amounting to "imposing Hindi", had been initiated during the previous government.

She said the two institutions - Anna University and Alagappa University - had received the circular on September 16, 2014, where it was stated that Hindi be taught as a primary language along with English in undergraduate courses, besides following it in law and commerce streams also.
Jaya opposes Centre's move to make Hindi compulsory in colleges - Hindustan Times

 

[krish44]

hindi imposition has been a sensitive issue in southern states starting with the violent agitations in sixties''

congress lost power in tamilnadu due to that and has not recovered lost ground even today.

JJs action might be politically wise.

in my company , a govt navaratna executives are posted to hindi cell as punishment if they defy the management'

once a year hindi day is observed and a few hindi enthusiasts [ mostly women employees called derisively as behenjis] recite poems in hindi and are greeted with whistles

and wolf calls.lol

 

[vsubbu48]

This instruction seems to be idiotic. When Hindi is not taught in many of the schools, how does the UGC expect the students to study Hindi at the undergraduate level? Funnily, the decision regarding Hindi teaching was taken in 2011 by the UPA government but the circular is being issued in 2014. Is somebody playing mischief to bring bad name to the government?

 

[krish44]

india requires a link language

in most states spoken hindi over the years has become the language of communication by those not knowing the regional language

english is spoken only largely in metros by the upper classes.

if all india mobility is to be assured atleast rudimentary knowledge of hindi is a must.

people of tamilnadu wil get marginalised and handicapped if they do not learn the language.

it is easy to whip up sentiments.

I have seen the violent anti hindi agitation in south.in sixties

in retrospect ,it was easily avoidable.

luckily because of north exposure we became familiar with the language.

it has some beautiful literature and novelists.

we have had novelists like munshi premchand,kabirs poetry, tulsidas ramayana revered by all .

I spent quite a lot of time reading hindi pulp novels in younger days. pretty delightful during college days

hindi fims have captured a wide audience in tamilnadu'

if politicians keep away , hindi will automatically become all india link language without anyone thrusting it on others.

people will automaticaly learn on their own if there is no compulsion . the way foreign languages like german and french are learnt by many.

there is no sense in whipping up passions on this score.

hindi can be made optional in UG so that students can learn if they desire.

in my tamil school in delhi , we had/have the policy of admitting non tamils . we have compulsory tamil teaching upto a certain level.

students who are non tamils sit thru them .

they pick up also and speak the language .

no one ever protested as it was a good school with good academic credentials.

no one was ever failed if they did not do well in tamil exams.

teachers understood how difficult it was for non tamils to learn tamil.