What a shame that Indians are now reluctant and even (almost) uncomfortable when speaking Hindi and prefer speking English. Unfortunately, its the case for me and the people I know around me. The only difference is that I am aware of the problem Hindi as well as other regional languages and with it a good part of the essence of being an Indian is getting lost. In this tug of war between the english speaking minority elite that incarnates the economic super-power of India and the Hindi/ regional language speaking majority, I fear that the latter will die a slow but sure and painful death.

I have nothing what so ever against that language of shakespere, which I adore and speak every day. It just so happens that I am very attached to my mother-tongue which incarnates a part of my identity and a part of my culture. Yes, I fear that at the end of this race for economic supermacy that India seems to be running we will be a lot of lost people. We will find ourself striped not only of age old traditional arts like classical danse, vocal and instrumental music but also of the very element that brings us together, our lingua-franca, our mother tongue(s).