A questioner, who is a teacher, expresses her distress over the trend of people, especially from the upper-middle class, using English as a status symbol and disrespecting their own language, Hindi. She notes that parents speak to her in English and even use English terms for relationships, and she asks how to educate them and society about this. Acharya Prashant responds that the issue is different, stating, "We are disloyal people." He explains that a language's reach is determined by its speakers. He points out that everyone hears lullabies and stories from their grandmothers in Hindi but abandons the language as they grow up, just as they abandon their grandmothers. He argues that when people stop using a language for their daily transactions, the language cannot advance. The language is in the hands of those who use it; if you use it, it will grow, and if you don't, it won't. He laments that Hindi has been left to the lowest strata of society, and the quality of Hindi content on the internet, apart from songs, is very poor. He contrasts this with the high-level material on thought and consciousness available in English. He says that disgraceful and humiliating things are done in Hindi, while as soon as someone becomes capable of doing high-level work, they abandon Hindi for English. This has led to a situation where new abuses are invented in Hindi, while new technological terms are added to English. The core problem, he asserts, is disloyalty and a lack of love for the language that nurtured them from childhood. Acharya Prashant shares that he has been advised that speaking in Hindi will only attract the lower strata of society and that his work will not progress. However, he is determined to speak in Hindi, believing that the 80-90% of people in India who understand Hindi can be reached. He aims to prove that material success can be achieved while using Hindi, which will, in turn, make the language fashionable again. He uses the story "Chief ki Daawat" as a metaphor, where the old mother (representing Hindi) is hidden away when the boss (representing a bright future, MNC jobs) visits. He concludes that this behavior stems from an internal hollowness and an inferiority complex, as many who flaunt English do not even have a good command of it, having adopted a crude culture rather than learning the language for its literature.
