Sunday, November 28, 2010

2010 is no different than the 1960's

Below is an excerpt from Capt.Gopinath's autobiography - Simply Fly.


That was around 1960.Gopinath had a mentor who could get him to write the NDA exams in Kannada.Had he not joined Sainik School and then NDA,Deccan Airlines would not have happened.

Fast forward 50 yrs to 2010.There are still many Central government institutions and organisations conducting exams and administration only in Hindi and English language.
Even today UGC or Aadhaar(UID Project) dont have any provision for Kannada language.Read the post from Enguru Coffee Ayta below.
http://enguru.blogspot.com/2010/11/bhaaratada-bhaashaaneeti-tamdiro.html

Is this the central government's failure to provide services equally to every Indian in his own language?
Or is it the failure of We,the Kannadigas to get this basic right to our brothers and sisters in villages who know only Kannada.
How can we expect every individual in India to know English or Hindi to get these basic amenities?
Which is easier - providing the forms and exams in all languages or forcing the entire nation to learn one language?
Frankly,2010 is no different than 1960's.

PS: This also applies to all other regional languages of India.

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