Hindi Imposition?
Edit: I can easily see the downvotes. It just confirms my guess that they inhabit this sub, if only to silently downvote anything that goes against their stupid agenda.
I was born and raised in the Hindi belt and I know that those guys are, for the most part, arrogant, chauvinistic and often dense. They think they are superior to everyone else, which is course they are far from being.
It is therefore quite amusing to see them claim Hindi to be the national language when everyone else knows that India has no national language at all. The other silly assumption is that one must speak Hindi to be a patriot and nationalist. Now if that isn't undiluted drivel, I don't really know what is.
I don't say this due to any personal bias. My own Hindi is probably better than my Bengali, and better than most Hindi speakers. That's because Bengali was the language one spoke only at home with the family and switched to Hindi as soon as one stepped outdoors. The majority of my contacts are Hindi belt guys.
Nor is it true that Hindi is the closest descendant of Sanskrit. It came via Shauraseni prakrit which isn't the nearest relative of Sanskrit. That distinction goes to Maharashtri prakrit. Hindi can't even claim to have the richest literature. Had it not been for the partition of Bengal, Hindi wouldn't have had the most Indian speakers either.
There's no way India can work on a one-size-fits-all model. The only thing that will work is the EU model with all languages having equal validity and the local languages prevailing in their own respective areas.
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Edit: I can easily see the downvotes. It just confirms my guess that they inhabit this sub, if only to silently downvote anything that goes against their stupid agenda.
I was born and raised in the Hindi belt and I know that those guys are, for the most part, arrogant, chauvinistic and often dense. They think they are superior to everyone else, which is course they are far from being.
It is therefore quite amusing to see them claim Hindi to be the national language when everyone else knows that India has no national language at all. The other silly assumption is that one must speak Hindi to be a patriot and nationalist. Now if that isn't undiluted drivel, I don't really know what is.
I don't say this due to any personal bias. My own Hindi is probably better than my Bengali, and better than most Hindi speakers. That's because Bengali was the language one spoke only at home with the family and switched to Hindi as soon as one stepped outdoors. The majority of my contacts are Hindi belt guys.
Nor is it true that Hindi is the closest descendant of Sanskrit. It came via Shauraseni prakrit which isn't the nearest relative of Sanskrit. That distinction goes to Maharashtri prakrit. Hindi can't even claim to have the richest literature. Had it not been for the partition of Bengal, Hindi wouldn't have had the most Indian speakers either.
There's no way India can work on a one-size-fits-all model. The only thing that will work is the EU model with all languages having equal validity and the local languages prevailing in their own respective areas.
https://redd.it/1kdvyk2
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Same roots, different roads - how I lost my best friend to the system
We grew up together (same school from LKG to 12th)— me and my best frnd. Same town, same tuition... literally everything. Both our families were lower middle class (dokandar). We used to dream big together, always competing but also supporting each other. We used to joke how one day we'll be working in same office or maybe even start something of our own.
In Madhyamik, we both scored almost same marks. I remember us checking each other's marksheet and laughing over who messed up maths or english. But then came the HS exam... and everything changed.
I scored 77%, he scored 75%. He got into one of the top colleges, full scholarship, hostel, all under reservation quota. I couldn’t even make the cutoff. My score was just slightly lower but my category didn’t help me at all. I ended up joining our third choice clg and just kept my head down.
He was thriving — great college, good professors, huge alumni network. In my college most days professors were absent and political fights were a regular event.
After graduation we both attempted WBCS, he got a central govt job thanks to reserved category again. And here I was... still stuck in a loop of low-paying jobs, rejections, and reattempts. This year I accepted my failure and joined a BPO.
I don’t hate him. He used what was given to him. But it still hurts sometimes... to see someone you walked step by step with suddenly miles ahead — not 'cause you worked less harder, but coz they got a diff path.
Now we barely talk. Maybe I feel too embarrassed or maybe he doesn’t know what to say. I dunno. It sucks that a system meant to bridge gaps ends up building new ones.
I miss how things were before. When life was simple and fair — or atleast felt like it.
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We grew up together (same school from LKG to 12th)— me and my best frnd. Same town, same tuition... literally everything. Both our families were lower middle class (dokandar). We used to dream big together, always competing but also supporting each other. We used to joke how one day we'll be working in same office or maybe even start something of our own.
In Madhyamik, we both scored almost same marks. I remember us checking each other's marksheet and laughing over who messed up maths or english. But then came the HS exam... and everything changed.
I scored 77%, he scored 75%. He got into one of the top colleges, full scholarship, hostel, all under reservation quota. I couldn’t even make the cutoff. My score was just slightly lower but my category didn’t help me at all. I ended up joining our third choice clg and just kept my head down.
He was thriving — great college, good professors, huge alumni network. In my college most days professors were absent and political fights were a regular event.
After graduation we both attempted WBCS, he got a central govt job thanks to reserved category again. And here I was... still stuck in a loop of low-paying jobs, rejections, and reattempts. This year I accepted my failure and joined a BPO.
I don’t hate him. He used what was given to him. But it still hurts sometimes... to see someone you walked step by step with suddenly miles ahead — not 'cause you worked less harder, but coz they got a diff path.
Now we barely talk. Maybe I feel too embarrassed or maybe he doesn’t know what to say. I dunno. It sucks that a system meant to bridge gaps ends up building new ones.
I miss how things were before. When life was simple and fair — or atleast felt like it.
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[30Apr] Girl forced to arrange money for room, booze': 3 college students held for gang rape of schoolgirl in Kolkata
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My Punjabi girlfriend is trying too hard to look and appear like a Bengali girl, and I feel it's affecting her mentally
So, I (24M) have a Punjabi (not Sikh, but Hindu) girlfriend (23F) who I've known for 6 months and had recently become my girlfriend around 1.5 months ago. She is extremely bubbly and cheerful and even 8/10 or 9/10 in my eyes. Sometimes I even feel as if she's a bit out of my league, lol.
So, from the beginning of us knowing each other, I have noticed that she always exhibits some playful Bengali behaviour (to me, and some of her other Bengali friends too). You know, like, Bengali jokes, Bengali food, common Bengali words and sentences (a bit stereotypical but I know it's just her being playful and in good faith, not making fun of Bengali culture in any way).
Things were normal just until a few weeks ago, when she suddenly started dressing up in Bengali style churidars and sarees, trying to speak in Bengali with me (heavily broken, but that's fine). Trying to look Bengali, etc. I think she's going a bit too overboard but not that it annoys me is a part of the problem, I feel it's affecting her at a mental level.
I'm not sure but subconsciously in many of her conversations with me, she has mentioned things like, Bengali girls are very beautiful (big, sharp, bold and expressive eyes etc) and I must be insane for being a Bengali guy myself not being able to find a single Bengali girl and having to find love in a Punjabi girl instead. That is, she has a perception that Bengali women in general are very beautiful and attractive or something. Could it be that she's fearing that I might fall for a Bengali girl later on and leave her?
How do I explain to her that I'm not that fond of Bengali women (no offence) and I simply like her just the way she is. I think the situation is still under control and hasn't gone out of my hands so any advice by y'all will be helpful, about how I should I approach her with this.
The last time I had a girlfriend was back in middle/high school. Dynamics have changed a lot since then. Please tell me what I can possibly do because I really love her and on top of being beautiful she's an immensely nice human being and cares a lot about me.
Edit #1: I'm a Bengali guy too. Hindu, yes. I work as a Software Engineer. She's a Content Writer.
Edit #2: Grammatical mistake
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So, I (24M) have a Punjabi (not Sikh, but Hindu) girlfriend (23F) who I've known for 6 months and had recently become my girlfriend around 1.5 months ago. She is extremely bubbly and cheerful and even 8/10 or 9/10 in my eyes. Sometimes I even feel as if she's a bit out of my league, lol.
So, from the beginning of us knowing each other, I have noticed that she always exhibits some playful Bengali behaviour (to me, and some of her other Bengali friends too). You know, like, Bengali jokes, Bengali food, common Bengali words and sentences (a bit stereotypical but I know it's just her being playful and in good faith, not making fun of Bengali culture in any way).
Things were normal just until a few weeks ago, when she suddenly started dressing up in Bengali style churidars and sarees, trying to speak in Bengali with me (heavily broken, but that's fine). Trying to look Bengali, etc. I think she's going a bit too overboard but not that it annoys me is a part of the problem, I feel it's affecting her at a mental level.
I'm not sure but subconsciously in many of her conversations with me, she has mentioned things like, Bengali girls are very beautiful (big, sharp, bold and expressive eyes etc) and I must be insane for being a Bengali guy myself not being able to find a single Bengali girl and having to find love in a Punjabi girl instead. That is, she has a perception that Bengali women in general are very beautiful and attractive or something. Could it be that she's fearing that I might fall for a Bengali girl later on and leave her?
How do I explain to her that I'm not that fond of Bengali women (no offence) and I simply like her just the way she is. I think the situation is still under control and hasn't gone out of my hands so any advice by y'all will be helpful, about how I should I approach her with this.
The last time I had a girlfriend was back in middle/high school. Dynamics have changed a lot since then. Please tell me what I can possibly do because I really love her and on top of being beautiful she's an immensely nice human being and cares a lot about me.
Edit #1: I'm a Bengali guy too. Hindu, yes. I work as a Software Engineer. She's a Content Writer.
Edit #2: Grammatical mistake
https://redd.it/1kedga7
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