Blackwater
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Senorita ,Zindagi na mileaggi Dobara, in that film they made Spanish song in hindi.I always wanted to learn Spanish/French. Did you?
Senorita ,Zindagi na mileaggi Dobara, in that film they made Spanish song in hindi.I always wanted to learn Spanish/French. Did you?
By that he means french fries!Learned some french
or May be french toastsBy that he means french fries!
I had previously mentioned this fact: Using a language and communicating in a language are two separate things.
I have lived in Bangalore, please don't lie.OK, here's Bangalorean, the final authority on all matters related to Bangalore
You don't need to learn Hindi to survive in Bangalore - even Kannada is not necessary. English will do fine, as long as you don't get into something involving last-mile sales or direct marketing which requires a lot of interaction with the locals. Remember however, that when it comes to interacting with shopkeepers, drivers, etc. broken English, more accurately "Kanglish" (Kannada-English), will help more than fluent proper English.
You will get the hang of it pretty soon - no sweat.
Bihar does not represent whole India..I had previously mentioned this fact: Using a language and communicating in a language are two separate things.
I could not find a Hindi page here either:
Bihar Government Website
But then go to Bihar and try communicating in English with the natives, you will understand the importance of Hindi.
I was responding to the quoted text. Your views don't represent whole India either, but then then they are not to be ignored, aren't they?Bihar does not represent whole India..
my views is same as views of most of Indians. Hindi is not that imp today.that the bottom lineI was responding to the quoted text. Your views don't represent whole India either, but then then they are not to be ignored, aren't they?
Alas if only that could be true.my views is same as views of most of Indians. Hindi is not that imp today.that the bottom line
Our conversation here in this forum is trueAlas if only that could be true.
That's just living in denial. Two South Indian families live in my neighborhood, one from Kerala, another one from Tamilnadu. You can find them everywhere here in NCR region. I have been to Bangalore and Hyderabad, never found any difficulty in talking to people in Hindi. Most people in big cities use Hindi where it has been accepted as the bridge.It's rare for South Indians to go to the Hindi belt. Mumbai and NCR are the only two northward destinations. South Indians shuttle at ease between Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Coimbatore, Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam, and converge at Tirupati.
Between Southern cities, English is the binding language. Even in Tier-III urbanish-towns like Guntur, Vellore, or Dharwad, Auto drivers will speak good-enough English to take you around.
Hindi is spoken only in state capitals where there's an influx of youth from the north seeking education or employment in industries where no Indian language (not even Hindi) is relevant, only English is. Eventually all those youth get versed with local languages.
So that gives you an illusion that Hindi is spreading south. It's not, it's the other way around.
It's speakers of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malyalam that are growing. A kid that comes from Meerut to Hyderabad to work uses English at work, eventually learns Telugu, and settles down here. In A.P., there's an entire community of people from Braj (Western UP), who have settled down here and became Telugu speakers over the century.
Actually he said the same thing.That's just living in denial. Two South Indian families live in my neighborhood, one from Kerala, another one from Tamilnadu. You can find them everywhere here in NCR region. I have been to Bangalore and Hyderabad, never found any difficulty in talking to people in Hindi. Most people in big cities use Hindi where it has been accepted as the bridge.
Please don't make it a clash of civilizations.
All Indians who study Hindi in school also study English. So just because they earn Hindi does not mean they speak the language.That's just living in denial. Two South Indian families live in my neighborhood, one from Kerala, another one from Tamilnadu. You can find them everywhere here in NCR region. I have been to Bangalore and Hyderabad, never found any difficulty in talking to people in Hindi. Most people in big cities use Hindi where it has been accepted as the bridge.
Please don't make it a clash of civilizations.