Bangalore:
DMK senior leader Kanimozhi today articulated her party’s position on the controversial issues of three-language policy, saying their opposition was the center’s “imposition” of Hindi, not the language itself.
When asked if Tamil and Hindi cannot coexist in an exclusive interview, Ms. Kanimoz told NDTV: “It can definitely coexist”.
She said today, Tamil Nadu has people from different regions speaking different languages.
“Coexistence is not a problem, imposition is a problem,” she added. “We don’t want to protect Tamil at the expense of any other language. Protecting Tamil is not about protecting ideology.”
Then, to quote Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, the way to destroy race is to destroy its language.
“Today, I can show you many states that have lost the language of art, culture, their films… Hindi replaces their literature, films and music. Why do I want this to happen to any other language?” explain.
In this case, she also said that the North-South divide has been deepened by one of the conditions for formulating education policies.
Ms. Kanimoz told NDTV: “After the rules were made, it was clear that the states in the north would learn a southern language, while the states in the south would learn a North Indian language.”
She added: “Today, Kerala, Karnataka, learn Hindi. Show me a North Indian state that has learned any South Indian language.”
Furthermore, Ms. Kanimoz said the three-language principle is not necessarily better.
“It’s a myth, it’s great to learn three languages, and only wealthy kids can do that…I’m sure whether English communicates with the world and other states. You have to learn your native language to understand who you are. ” she said.
She said she could learn any language, including Mandarin and Japanese, if needed.
Historically, Tamil Nadu has a “two-language” policy that teaches Tamil and English to children in public schools. During the 1930s and 1960s, a lot of anti-North India excitement had occurred.
Now, as the BJP stepped up its push to promote trilingual education policies and planned to start the statewide movement from March 1, DMK said it was ready for a “language war”.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced that the state will not receive about Rs 24 billion unless the ongoing mission of Samagra Siksha in the state, Unless it all adopts national education policies. Chief Minister MK Stalin replied that it was “ranspellution”.
In the bank, Amit Shah, the union minister in Tamil Nadu today, said he “apologized for not being able to speak Tamil, the oldest language in the world.”
