Many do not know that Hindi is not India’s only national language, perhaps due to the constant propaganda of the Union government (“Readers’ comments: India’s flawed language policy sidelines indigenous and local tongues”). Which state in North India follows the three-language policy? None.

The development of Hindi-speaking states is, in all respects, far below that of non-Hindi speaking states. Anyone can learn any language depending on the need.

Indians in West Asia speak Arabic. Tamilians in the North speak Hindi. North Indians in Tamil Nadu speak Tamil. Why thrust Hindi on one billion people with a language policy drafted in favour of Hindi speakers? – Selva Samy

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Did local languages suffer on account of English? If no, then how can we say that languages like Tamil will decline if Hindi is introduced?

Indians should learn at least four languages – the local language, another Indian language, English and one more foreign language. Parties like the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam are politicising the three-language formula but it is not such a big issue in this age of knowledge.

Introducing three languages in schools will also create employment opportunities for language teachers. – S Thiagarajan

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Professor Pandey answered the question himself (“A Hindi professor responds: English is the real bottleneck stifling other Indian languages”). English does not share syntax...

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