Its high time though, the government has understood that the Hindi language, which is being used in the official documents is beyond comprehension of even those Indians, who are primarily Hindi speaking race. Finally, the government is seriously planning to do away with all those archaic Hindi words, which seem to appear straight from a dictionary and which are never used by people who are constantly conversing in Hindi.
Take a sample - here are a few Hindi words, which very few people would understand -- Lauh Path Gamini, tankad, kunjipatal, sanganak missil!!! They mean train, type writer, notice board, computer and file, in the same order.
These are the words, which not only an illiterate can not understand, they are incomprehensible even for the literate people. Even if people know the meaning of these words how many people use such words in their communication.
We all sometime or the other come across some official forms - it can be a simple train reservation form - we unknowingly turn to the English side and start filling the form. We don't even realise that the other side of the form is in our mother tongue. Reason is simple - it is so archaic and impractical.
This is also one reason, which has hindered popularity of Hindi to that level where every Indian could say that I love Hindi - I love speaking Hindi - and I love reading Hindi.
To popularise a language it needs to evolve with evolution of the society which the 'sarkari' (official) Hindi never did.
Now some linguistics might argue against the move saying one should not play with the language and maintain its character.
But the question is - What is the use of language? The answer is - Communication. So, a language that fails to communicate needs to undergo a change.
In normal life too we speak a language, which is though Hindi but is full of words from Urdu, Persian, English and even French. This day to day language neither sounds obnoxious nor it spoils the core nature of the language - rather it gives Hindi a cosmopolitan sound making it comprehensible for everyone.
That is why many must have felt relieved by the government decision to evolve the language with the changing times.
We look forward to seeing registration forms and official government documents in a new Hindi, which will be practical and understandable for all.
Take a sample - here are a few Hindi words, which very few people would understand -- Lauh Path Gamini, tankad, kunjipatal, sanganak missil!!! They mean train, type writer, notice board, computer and file, in the same order.
These are the words, which not only an illiterate can not understand, they are incomprehensible even for the literate people. Even if people know the meaning of these words how many people use such words in their communication.
We all sometime or the other come across some official forms - it can be a simple train reservation form - we unknowingly turn to the English side and start filling the form. We don't even realise that the other side of the form is in our mother tongue. Reason is simple - it is so archaic and impractical.
This is also one reason, which has hindered popularity of Hindi to that level where every Indian could say that I love Hindi - I love speaking Hindi - and I love reading Hindi.
To popularise a language it needs to evolve with evolution of the society which the 'sarkari' (official) Hindi never did.
Now some linguistics might argue against the move saying one should not play with the language and maintain its character.
But the question is - What is the use of language? The answer is - Communication. So, a language that fails to communicate needs to undergo a change.
In normal life too we speak a language, which is though Hindi but is full of words from Urdu, Persian, English and even French. This day to day language neither sounds obnoxious nor it spoils the core nature of the language - rather it gives Hindi a cosmopolitan sound making it comprehensible for everyone.
That is why many must have felt relieved by the government decision to evolve the language with the changing times.
We look forward to seeing registration forms and official government documents in a new Hindi, which will be practical and understandable for all.
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