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<p>It is important to continue with English as one of the prime
languages (“Beyond the language conflict,” May 30). Given the
international relevance of English, we cannot afford to regress at the
world level. On the other hand, Hindi may be given a dominant place but
not at the cost of other languages. The proposed move, where it is being
suggested that Hindi be made the link language, will impose unnecessary
burden on the people of non-Hindi-speaking States to learn Hindi. A
contrarian view could be that it will be extremely useful for people
from the north to learn a south Indian language, or even for people from
the south to learn the language of the neighbouring States. The growing
importance of cities like Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai as a source
of employment can actually serve as a link to their languages and
cultures.</p><p>Raghav R.N.,</p><p><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/language-policy/article18662535.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/language-policy/article18662535.ece</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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