As to the usage of English to convey his ideas,the writer himself has explained his misery and helplessness..
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Dependent Yet Estranged
My Growing Discomfort with English
This article will look strange coming from someone who earns her living teaching English literature, does most of her writing in English, edits Manushi in English, and could not keep alive its Hindi edition for more than nine years. "
A bold decision to adopt a traditional/national language as its official language could be taken by only few countries which are pretty self-reliant and which command a bit of respect/attention from all parts of the world,namely Japan,Germany..
At this point of time,I feel India has no chance of any survival amidst even the 3rd world countries,leave alone the developed ones,if Hindi or Bihari was enforced as its official language.The condition would have been significantly different, had the post-independence new government enforced the so-called Rashtrabasha in 1947.But again,the presence of hundreds of different languages and dialects would not have made it as easy as it sounds.
The bottomline is it is too late now and the saying "Better late than never" would not hold true in this case since India has projected itself too far ,as a nation with too many English speaking graduates.I agree though that the percentage of such graduates is highly less when compared to the illiterate masses but on a global perspective,it is these very few English speaking graduates,who are responsible for whatever attention it is getting right now.
Singing paeans and essaying essays about the Indian Kisans ,lohars and sthapathis might bring a feeling of sympathy or empathy,but I doubt if it would make any difference.The situation is complicated and any kind of revolutionary step by the government would be met with adverse criticisms from all parts of India itself.
English is here to stay in India.Whether its a boon or a bane to India would always be a debatable question.
-raapi
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