@kalapian_
“They were not interested in even trying to communicate with him in Hindi. “ - why on Earth would they be?
Imagine someone complaining about Dehra Dun police: “They were not interested in even trying to communicate with him in Kannada” - this would be true for English too!
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I have been very sad and ashamed since yesterday at how the police in Bangalore treated an honest hardworking boy from my neighbouring village of Sidri in Tons Valley, Uttarakhand when he went to file an FIR because his belongings were stolen from a bus. Can Twitter folks and…
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@iamnnk
@kalapian_
So you expect a tourist or someone who's visiting for less than a week to know Kannada?
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@kuchhnahii
@kalapian_
No, the tourist shouldn’t expect to be spoken to in a language of their convenience!
With G-Translate and internet; it’s not hard to pick up basic words and phrases before visiting a place; not doing that is careless entitlement!
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@iamnnk
@kalapian_
This is the problem language divide created by politics a country as diverse as India needs to have a single official language like English is for the world has nothing to do with pride but ease of working
imagine how many languages a child needs to learn if we go by this logic?
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