From: rachada@icaen.uiowa.edu (Ramakrishna Chada)
Subject: Re: I HATE TAMILS (2)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:04:10 GMT
Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa

In article <1992Aug18.160933.9562@uoft02.utoledo.edu> vprasad@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>In article <41552@ogicse.ogi.edu>, partha@mse.cse.ogi.edu (R. Parthasarathy)
>writes:
>	Hindi in Tamilnadu, if you care to understand. I find it hypocritical
>	for one to be against linguistic states and yet oppose Hindi.
>
>	Secondly, I find it offensive to equate Potti Sriramulu to EVR. EVR
>	demanded a **separate and independent** nation consisting of present
>	4 south indian states, with his screwed-up idea of Dravidians and non
>	Dravidians, quite conveniently ignoring the commonality of Indianness
>	between us. Potti demanded a separate linguistic *state*, which is to
>	be still a *part of the Indian union* and NOT independence. To say
>	Potti's call for a separate identity of Telugus in the form of a 
>	linguistic state and EVR's call for secession (not unlike present day
>	Kashmiris) are one and the same, is an *insult* to all Telugus and
>	Potti's patriotism.
>
>> Looks like they haven't gone much into the south. Telugus have been ruled
>> by the Congress for a majority of their time. Until Congress ruled Tamil
>> Nadu, Hindi was being taught in schools. Also Hindi is spoken in Muslim
>> dominated areas in Andhra Pradesh like Hyderabad, Machlipatnam other
>> regions where Muslims ruled ages ago. Try talking in Hindi in rural
>> AndhraPradesh. You'll get the same response as when talking in Tamil
>> in Bihar.
>
>	Mr. Parthasarathy, you will be quite surprised if I tell you that if
>	you ask something in Hindi in interior Andhra, you *won't* be getting
>	a blank stare. My experience is limited to some West Godavari's small
>	towns, but people there are not so ignorant about Hindi. Any school
>	kid can answer back in Hindi, albeit with a text-book language and
>	very bad grammar, but successful in getting the idea across. If you
>	think that this has somehow diluted our Telugu culture or infer that
>	we do not appreciate our language that much, you must be mistaken.

I would like to add that in Warangal and Karimnagar villages you can expect to find
quite a number of people who can understand hindi and convey back. It may not
be with the fluency of a North Indian but people do not give cold/blank stares atleast.

>
>	Learning Hindi language continues right upto 10th std. after which it
>	is optional for you take *any* language, but must choose atleast one.
>	You get to choose a *first* language, *second* language and a *third* 
>	language (Telugu, Hindi and English in my case). The emphasis on the 

>	Contrast this with the complete do away of Hindi if one chooses to, 
>	as in TN. Placing emphasis on one's own language and learning of 
>	another language (Hindi) need not be mutually exclusive as TN 
>	administrators seem to think. I for one, am extremly happy with the
>	present education policy in AP.
>> 
>> I am getting tired of these views. When will it all end?
>> 
>> Partha sarathy
>
>	Tired of different opinions than yours eh?
>
>	Siva Prasad.				vprasad@uoft02.utoledo.edu

Ramakrishna