00:00Kids are encouraged to learn German or Spanish, even Chinese these days,
00:05compared to Tamil or Telugu or Bengali or Udia or any Indian language.
00:10We call ourselves Indians, but we are deeply ashamed of India.
00:15And you tell this to a parent and he will say,
00:17What will my kid gain by learning Telugu?
00:21Opportunities lie in Mandarin.
00:24Opportunities lie in French or Spanish or Japanese or whatever.
00:30Now, if your definition of opportunity is merely material, then no one can save you.
00:36Let schools in the North offer a bouquet of at least three, four Indian languages as optionals.
00:44Stop this nonsense. Why are kids learning these so-called international languages?
00:50You have Hindi, you have English. Beyond that, if you want one more language, let it be an Indian language.
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