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what is this rey? e lafoot gallaki full majority icchie thappu chesaru, malli eppudu raka kodadhu full majority,  tippi kodithey ne own country lone 50% mandi hindi matladaru adi UN Lo enduku

New Delhi:  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor traded barbs in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday over making Hindi an official language at the United Nations.

Mr Tharoor questioned the need to push it while the Minister called his remark "ignorant".
 

 

Sushma Swaraj, in her reply to a question, said: "It is often asked why Hindi is not an official language in the UN. Today, I will want to tell the House, the biggest problem is the procedure."

The Minister explained that as per the procedure, two-thirds of the 193 members of the organisation -- which comes to 129 -- will have to vote in favour of making Hindi an official language and also share the financial expenditure that would be incurred in the process.

"The problem comes when apart from voting, the burden of the amount also falls on them. Economically weaker countries that support us shy away from this. We are working on it, we are making attempts to get support of countries like Fiji, Mauritius, Surinam... where people of Indian origin are there.

"When we get that kind of support and they are also ready to bear the financial burden, it will become an official language," she said.

 


When a member pointed out that making Hindi an official language will require an expenditure of Rs. 40 crore every year, Ms Swaraj said: "Not just Rs. 40 crore, the government is ready to spend Rs. 400 crore on it."

She, however, added that spending money would not serve the purpose.

Sushma Swaraj also highlighted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and she had spoken at the UN in Hindi.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


"Even when we have (foreign) guests, if they speak in English, we speak in English. If they speak in their own language, we speak in Hindi. As far as glory of the language is concerned, the External Affairs Ministry never had so much work done in Hindi as now," she said.

Mr Tharoor, who worked in the UN and announced his retirement after finishing second in the 2006 election for UN Secretary-General, questioned the need to push for Hindi, which he pointed out was not even the national language of India.

"Hindi is not the national language, it is an official language. Seeking to promote Hindi raises an important question. Why do we need an official language in the UN? Arabic does not have more speakers than Hindi, but Arabic is spoken by 22 countries, whereas Hindi is only used as an official language by one country -- us," he said.

"The question is what purpose is being served by this. If indeed we have a Prime Minister or Foreign Minister who prefers to speak Hindi, they can do so and we can pay to get that speech to be translated. Why should we put our future Foreign Ministers and Prime Ministers who may be from Tamil Nadu in a position," he said.

"The government has to defend its position. I understand the pride of Hindi-speaking people, but people of this country who do not speak in Hindi also take pride in being Indian," he said.

The statement did not go well with several members of the treasury benches who raised the pitch in protest.

 

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Vinasakaley vipareetha buddi 

Modi gadu thatha ni chusi nerchuko

Desam antha okati

Bjp paithyam pedda problem

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nothing wrong .... atleast translator ayina correct ga artham chesukoni transalate chesthundhi. 

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2 minutes ago, mastercheif said:

nothing wrong .... atleast translator ayina correct ga artham chesukoni transalate chesthundhi. 

ya manaki antu oka identity untadi... majority people speak hindi... so why cant we make Hindi national language... It wouldnt hurt to learn an extra language... PV narasimha rao garu used to speak 21 languages... manam 3 nerchukolema??Telugu hindi and english...

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9 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

ya manaki antu oka identity untadi... majority people speak hindi... so why cant we make Hindi national language... It wouldnt hurt to learn an extra language... PV narasimha rao garu used to speak 21 languages... manam 3 nerchukolema??Telugu hindi and english...

Then what for Telugu and Tamil 

Solve people's problem first it's Nazi agenda bodi trying

English is universal language

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thappu ledhu..

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7 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

Then what for Telugu and Tamil 

Solve people's problem first it's Nazi agenda bodi trying

English is universal language

telugu and tamil PM or UN secretary will take help from a translator... vallaki antha kastam em ayithadi.... 

 

Solve people's problem first.... discussion edi lenappudu idi use chestaru people... ye country lo peopleki levu problems...or ye era lo problems levu people... prathi daniki idi vada kudadu... solving peoples problems should always travel parallel to other things...
 

english is an universal languague??? it is an universal machine language... majority people speak different other languages like chineese, russian, spanish.... and how many elected politicians can speak fluent english that UN attendees can understand???

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Just now, Ara_Tenkai said:

telugu and tamil PM or UN secretary will take help from a translator... vallaki antha kastam em ayithadi.... 

 

Solve people's problem first.... discussion edi lenappudu idi use chestaru people... ye country lo peopleki levu problems...or ye era lo problems levu people... prathi daniki idi vada kudadu... solving peoples problems should always travel parallel to other things...
 

english is an universal languague??? it is an universal machine language... majority people speak different other languages like chineese, russian, spanish.... and how many elected politicians can speak fluent english that UN attendees can understand???

Russians speak Russian

Chinese speak Chinese

Spanish speak Spanish

Indians speak ????

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23 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

Russians speak Russian

Chinese speak Chinese

Spanish speak Spanish

Indians speak ????

many languages with Hindi as the national language...

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24 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

Russians speak Russian

Chinese speak Chinese

Spanish speak Spanish

Indians speak ????

how is it going to be a problem for India... all I am saying is we will have an identity in the UN... for ex if a PM cant understand hindi how can he interact with majority of the Indians who speak hindi??

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3 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

how is it going to be a problem for India... all I am saying is we will have an identity in the UN... for ex if a PM cant understand hindi how can he interact with majority of the Indians who speak hindi??

How bodi is interacting with south India now the same way

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55 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

How bodi is interacting with south India now the same way

exactly... hindi rani vallu kuda alage interact chestaru...

neeku problem hindi meeda kadu... modi meeda anukunta...2 different things.. think about the problem...

 

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