Shy,
Ippadi history solli kavuthiteenga. But I dont understand who said Hindi is foreign language. Hindi has many dialects and you have put the history in perspective. But all the native langugages ( 16 I presume )with scripts are declared as official languages. I dont think Hindi is categorized as national language in our constitution or any statutes. It is just people keep on saying.
Interestingly all the invaders when they came to the deccan plateau never progressed beyond that to cause serious infulence in southern India. That is why we see very less influence of Mughals, Urdu in southern part. What ever we have is because of migrant population that built. Thirumalai nayakkar invited people from Maharashtra and Gujarat to come and do trade in Madurai, causing a dispersal of north indian culture in southern part. But as such, south indians are fiercely independent fighting any attempt to impose any languages which forced Nehru to declare that Hindi will not be forced on us. All these are side notes and history.
I am not against hindi. I myself talk fluent hindi though I am from the southmost part of Tamilnadu, Kanyakumari. But it was not forced on me. That is what everything is about. The moment it is declared as national language and people forced to learn that, we lose the freedom enshrined on us. That is what we are against. If my son does not want to learn hindi, he should not be penalised in Govt sector. The fight of dravidian parties are for that.
Cheers.
Every dog has its day. Today is my day.
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