Full video : Hindi as a national link language? || Acharya Prashant, with IIT-Ropar (2022)
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00:00A lot of people in the south actually do know Hindi. They have a working knowledge.
00:04But you come to the north, how many people understand Kannad or Telugu?
00:09In the south, Hindi has largely been accepted.
00:13But what do you want them to do? You want them to stop speaking Kannad and completely switch to Hindi?
00:19Is that the kind of vicious and infantile idea you have?
00:24They already know Hindi, they at least understand Hindi.
00:28Won't you look into the mirror and ask yourself, how much of Kannad do I know?
00:34Why should only Hindi be the linked language when you speak to a Tamilian?
00:37As a Hindiwala, when you speak to a Tamilian, why do you expect the Tamilian to know Hindi?
00:43Why can't you know just a bit of a smattering of Tamil?
00:48Won't that be respectful?
00:49And if you can speak a bit of Tamil, you will find you will happily reciprocate by speaking a bit of Hindi.
00:55And that's the way healthy relationships are.