Don't Stuff Hindi Down Our Throats, Kamal Haasan Says

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Hindi, the youngest of languages, is like a child in diapers, according to Kamal Haasan who continues to speak out against making it the language of the nation.

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00:00And among the family of languages, the youngest is Hindi.

00:07It's a little child in diapers.

00:38Language is a communicating tool.

00:43However old or young, we'll have to respect all languages,

00:48including the language that you speak in your land.

00:52And among the family of languages, the youngest is Hindi.

00:57It's a little child in diapers.

01:00We will have to take care of that language because it is our child too.

01:11We will definitely take care of it.

01:14Compared to Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, it's still the youngest language.

01:21And it is not with derision that I say it, but with compassion and kindness,

01:26with a lot of affection.

01:28I speak a little of that language.

01:30I don't have the erudition that I might have in my own language,

01:34but it's a good language.

01:37But our contention is, do not stuff it down our throat.

01:42You called us for dinner, lay it on the plate.

01:48Don't…

01:50Don't make us a guest in your dinner and then give us a menu

01:56and which order to eat.

01:58We will not accept it.

02:00No one will accept it.

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