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अंग्रेज़ी भौंकने वाले गँवार || आचार्य प्रशांत, वेदांत महोत्सव (2022)
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2 years ago
Hindi
English
Status Symbol
Cultural Identity
Mother Tongue
Inferiority Complex
Language Preservation
Social Status
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the growing trend of treating the English language as a status symbol while neglecting Hindi. He observes that many people, especially the upper-middle class, use English to gain respect and social standing, often mixing it awkwardly with Hindi or replacing familial terms like 'Pati' and 'Patni' with 'Husband' and 'Wife'. He compares this abandonment of the mother tongue to a child who relies on their grandmother for care in infancy but ignores her once they grow up. He argues that a language only thrives when its speakers use it with pride and loyalty, but many Indians have abandoned Hindi to those at the lower rungs of society, leading to a decline in the quality of Hindi content available online.