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Another Northie idiot showing his intellectual shallowness - you do not understand how Language and Culture are central to Identity. Any way, how about teaching

by sremani 13y ago

Another Northie idiot showing his intellectual shallowness - you do not understand how Language and Culture are central to Identity. Any way, how about teaching BiMaRU idiots writing in Hindi, once your Hinterland accomplishes 100% literacy(most likely never), we can talk.

realrocker 13y ago
You are as bad as that guy. What has region got to do with intellect? I am from North India, from the home of the Buddha. Are you really basing your argument on those grounds?
seiji 13y ago
Online regional Indian spats are always entertaining. There's so much pride dripping from every word forming a pool of vitriol towards anything not-like-the-speaker. (and if "Language and Culture are central to Identity" perhaps we should cultivate a larger view of the world? Being blindingly obsessed with culture and history isn't healthy. Forming your entire identity around the past leads to moronic things like never ending wars because someone slighted someone else's father two hundred years ago.)
winter_blue 13y ago
Your comment strikes me as hilarious because I don't speak or understand Hindi. I'm from South (probably like you), and the only languages I speak/understand are English and Malayalam. I was merely stating that Hindi would be an ideal language for the whole nation, and that we'd be better off without the Tower of Babel situation we have now. I'd be happy to pick up Hindi if there was some serious drive towards making it the lingua franca of the nation. Also FYI, I have a difficult time communicating with the average Indian if I'm anywhere outside Kerala - would be nice if there was one language we could all learn, and use to communicate with each other.
alphakappa 13y ago
I wish I could downvote this comment. Regardless of the merit of your argument, you are reducing HN to the level of YouTube comments with your angry diatribe. You may want to make your points without making personal attacks or bad generalizations.

by sremani 13y ago

realrocker 13y ago

You are as bad as that guy. What has region got to do with intellect? I am from North India, from the home of the Buddha. Are you really basing your argument on those grounds?

seiji 13y ago

Online regional Indian spats are always entertaining. There's so much pride dripping from every word forming a pool of vitriol towards anything not-like-the-speaker. (and if "Language and Culture are central to Identity" perhaps we should cultivate a larger view of the world? Being blindingly obsessed with culture and history isn't healthy. Forming your entire identity around the past leads to moronic things like never ending wars because someone slighted someone else's father two hundred years ago.)

winter_blue 13y ago

Your comment strikes me as hilarious because I don't speak or understand Hindi. I'm from South (probably like you), and the only languages I speak/understand are English and Malayalam. I was merely stating that Hindi would be an ideal language for the whole nation, and that we'd be better off without the Tower of Babel situation we have now. I'd be happy to pick up Hindi if there was some serious drive towards making it the lingua franca of the nation. Also FYI, I have a difficult time communicating with the average Indian if I'm anywhere outside Kerala - would be nice if there was one language we could all learn, and use to communicate with each other.

alphakappa 13y ago

I wish I could downvote this comment. Regardless of the merit of your argument, you are reducing HN to the level of YouTube comments with your angry diatribe. You may want to make your points without making personal attacks or bad generalizations.