[lg policy] Indian Railways Gives Vernacular Languages Their Due, To Print Tickets in Kannada!

[Harold Schiffman]

 Railways Gives Vernacular Languages Their Due, To Print Tickets in
Kannada! Karnataka
isn’t the only state demanding a larger slice of the official discourse for
their local vernacular.

by *Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk*
<https://www.thebetterindia.com/author/rinchen-norbu-wangchuk/> March 3,
2018, 3:07 pm
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In addition to English and Hindi, railway tickets are going to be printed
in Kannada. This move by officials from the South Western Railways will
placate Kannada language activists, who have sought this move for quite
some time.

It is important to note that this measure comes after the Indian Railways
passenger amenities committee had passed a proposal to print tickets in the
local language, besides English and Hindi from the start of this year.

Despite this development, the Times of India
<https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/railway-tickets-in-kannada-soon/articleshow/63115562.cms>
reported that tickets printed in Kannada will be up for sale only at
station counters, while online provisions for the same are yet to be made.
Meanwhile, unreserved tickets with information in Kannada will be available
in computerized reservation counters in the city of Bengaluru, reported the
publication.
Suffice it to say, Karnataka isn’t the only southern state demanding a
larger slice of the official discourse for their local vernacular. Even the
likes of Tamil Nadu are pushing for the availability of official forms in
Tamil, and are gunning for a two-language policy that includes English and
their local vernacular over Hindi. [image: For representational purposes
only. (Source: Facebook)]For representational purposes only. (Source:
Facebook)

The weight of history on this demand is very heavy. There is discontent in
the South over the preference given to Hindi in official discourse over
other local languages. In fact, a reading of the mass anti-Hindi agitations
in Tamil Nadu is a good place to start.


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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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