Sonu Nigam on the Hindi debate

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“Let’s not divide people further in this country.” Singer Sonu Nigam joined the chorus of those not in favour of Hindi as national language…

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00:00You are a Tamilian, you speak Hindi, why will they say that?

00:03Let's not divide people further in this country.

00:05A lot of problems are already going on.

00:07We want to respect our relations, not play with respect.

00:11Hindi as a national language, you yourself have sung in so many languages.

00:16And here we are talking, Ajay Devgan tweeted, someone said it,

00:20a ruckus broke out that Hindi is the national language.

00:23So a lot of people said no, as you are saying,

00:25that there are a lot of languages in this country.

00:28First of all, I don't think it is written anywhere in the constitution

00:32that the national language of India is Hindi.

00:35As far as I know, I have asked experts,

00:38nowhere it is written that Hindi is the most spoken language, I understand that.

00:43Having said that, are we aware that Tamil is the world's oldest language?

00:48There is a debate between Sanskrit and Tamil.

00:50People say Tamil is the oldest language in the entire world.

00:55Do you want to create problems in your own country?

01:02Why are you doing this? Why is there a discussion?

01:05Look at the neighbours around you.

01:07And you are creating problems in your own country by saying that you are Tamilian,

01:10you speak Hindi.

01:11Why will they say that?

01:14They will say whatever they want to say.

01:16Why are you after someone who doesn't want to speak a single language in this country?

01:20Leave it.

01:22What is this?

01:25Just let them chill.

01:26Punjabi should speak Punjabi, Tamilian should speak Tamilian.

01:29If they are comfortable in English, then let them speak in English.

01:31You also speak in English.

01:32Our court's judgement is in English.

01:34What are we talking about?

01:36We should speak Hindi, not in English.

01:38We go on flights.

01:42The air hostess asks me, what do you want to eat?

01:44I say, I want to eat veg.

01:46What do you want in non-veg?

01:48What do you want in veg?

01:49She doesn't even speak to me in Hindi.

01:51I want to speak in Hindi.

01:52And you are saying that you don't want to speak in Hindi.

01:55This is wrong.

01:56To say that we are superior in our country,

02:01you should remember our language.

02:02How will they remember it?

02:03They are not proficient in Hindi.

02:06They are more comfortable in English.

02:10Where is our foreign language in English?

02:12English has become a part of our life.

02:14We have to accept the fact that English has now become a part of our culture,

02:18of our society.

02:19And let's not divide people further in this country.

02:22A lot of problems are already going on.

02:23Let's not create another problem.

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