Chris Doss wrote:
--- ravi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nothing unites like hate. and
for that there is pakistan and/or muslims. the common language i
share with my indian spouse is english. but not to worry with respect
to commonality... advice from some relatives/acquaintances on both
sides
--- ravi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
nothing unites like hate. and for that there is
pakistan and/or
muslims.
the common language i share with my indian spouse is
english. but not
to
worry with respect to commonality... advice from some
relatives/acquaintances on both sides struck a common
chord:
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
There are two main national languages: Hindi and English. A good number
of people don't speak either. But they tend to be from rural areas from
the non-Hindi belt.
my experience differs somewhat from this assessment. i am from madras
which is definitely from the
Chris Doss wrote:
Given that knowledge of English is so low and the
absence of a national language (I guess), what is the
lingua franca in India? I mean, is there any language
that people anywhere in India would be able to
communicate in (like Russian in the fSU)? Without
that, I imagine it
There are two main national languages: Hindi and English. A good number
of people don't speak either. But they tend to be from rural areas from
the non-Hindi belt. But Hindi is spoken by more people than English and would
easily run into several hundred millions. Even 4% of Indians speaking
--- Anthony D'Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is hard to estimate but the numbers that float
around, are 3-4% of
the population, which is not a small number by any
means. English has
been both a uniting factor (in a national sense) but
also one that sets
the rural-urban and class divide more
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
There are other splits, which have been better handled, for example language.
Thus far 20 languages or so have been recognized by the government.
How widely used is English?
Doug
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
The Hindu-Muslim divide is India's least problematic
cultural divide.
Hindu-Muslim divide has the potential to threaten
India's unity and democratic structure. Caste divide
does not have that potential.
The Indian government has generally handled demands
for autonomy
This is hard to estimate but the numbers that float around, are 3-4% of
the population, which is not a small number by any means. English has
been both a uniting factor (in a national sense) but also one that sets
the rural-urban and class divide more forcefully. Indians want their
children to
The Financial ExpressFriday, July 16, 2004HDI Improves, Ranking Doesn'tOUR POLICY BUREAUPosted online: Friday, July 16, 2004 at 0103 hours ISTNEW DELHI, JULY 15: India's human development index (HDI) has shown asteady improvement in the last couple of years. India's ranking, however, at127 out of
To what extent has India managed to handle it diversity other than the Hindu/Muslim
split?
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The Financial ExpressFriday, July 16, 2004HDI Improves, Ranking Doesn'tOUR POLICY BUREAUPosted online: Friday, July 16, 2004 at 0103 hours ISTNEW DELHI, JULY 15: India's human development index (HDI) has shown asteady improvement in the last couple of years. India's ranking, however, at127 out of
This requires a long response but I must make it short. The Hindu-Muslim
divide is India's least problematic cultural divide. If one were to rank
the splits (which in itself is problematic because of its binary approach)
it would the dalits and the tribal communities versus the rest. The
dalits
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