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> lot of Southern states do not feel that "we belong to India"

Speak for yourself/Tamil Nadu. I'm from Karnataka (a southern state) and majority of kannadigas love India and are patriotic.

> worship "India's language is Hindi", "India's religion is the Aryan worshipping flavour of Hinduism" and other nonsense

Why do you believe that north indian language and religion are nonsense? I've lived in New Delhi for more than half of my childhood and I don't think North Indians are backward relative to South Indians. Although they are relatively poor.

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> Speak for yourself/Tamil Nadu.

It is informative that you assume I am from Tamil Nadu. It tells us a lot about the underlying assumptions within your "views".

> Why do you believe that north indian language and religion are nonsense?

No one said that except for you. I'll try to simplify what I said since you had difficulty comprehending what I wrote. What I said was that I am opposed to those who worship "India's language is Hindi". Further, I am opposed to those "who worship Aryans". Surely I don't have to explain why "wheatish" supremacy and other similar nonsense is a bad thing?

> I don't think North Indians are backward relative to South Indians. Although they are relatively poor.

Oh ho ho. Again, not something I said. You seem to have a great deal of imagination and are jousting against your imagined provocations instead of what I communicated.

> lot of Southern states do not feel that "we belong to India"

Speak for yourself. I am from Andhra Pradesh, settled in Telangana. Never have I heard your kind of bullshit, except from ultra-leftists on the web. I don't think you have a substantial minority (leave alone a majority) supporting your stand in TN!

> worship "India's language is Hindi",

I think , what he is trying to say is, ascribing a single language to a diversified nation like India is not a good idea.

> Why do you believe that north indian language and religion are nonsense?

Free speech.LoL.I am not saying OP is right or is following HN etiquette, but that it is OP's opinion(not fact, not truth).

> I don't think North Indians are backward relative to South Indians. Although they are relatively poor.

Bihar is the most uneducated state in the country. Kolkata is a terrible to place to conduct business of any kind. Although , this is not representative of the North.

But what is North anyway ? Should we consider anything above Madhya Pradesh North ? Does Gujarat count as North ? Does Mizoram count as North ?

> Why do you believe that north indian language and religion are nonsense?

I believe the parent didn't call the North Indian language and religion nonsense. They argue against the attempts to make all the diverse ethnic groups/regions fall in line behind some centrally mandated language and religion.

They actually argue for the diversity and autonomy of the various groups to maintain their language and traditions, which is hard to disagree with (as an outsider).

The history of trying to repress religions and ethnic groups is long and bloody, no matter where we look on the globe.

> Why do you believe that north indian language are nonsense?

Hindi language should first correct the pronunciation of words like "Baink" for Bank, "Baal" for Ball, "Daaktar" for Doctor etc. And then thinking of enforcing that language on rest of the country.

I am curious, why Samskrut is not used as a common language for India, like how Hebrew resurrected as a language of Israel? With English as second language, and mother-tongue as the the third language. Samskrut has a treasure trove of important literature that not many in India understand!

the Jews were a people group, there is no such as 'Indian', there is nothing to resurrect since it never existed in the first place.

'Indian' is the same as 'Bharatiya'[1], which is as old as human civilization gets.

And I agree with OP that Sanskrit should be revived in India like the Jews did for Hebrew in Israel.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_India#Bh%C4%81rata

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