The Opposition to Latin in the Past and the Opposition to Hindi Today:
This situation is similar to what is happening today in the Indian subcontinent. No one has ever thought about the reason behind the unexpected creation of the country called ‘India’ in history. That is, an insane, blind, barbaric, and delusional attempt is being made to unify the diverse people of this land, who speak hundreds of languages and belong to various cultures, under the name ‘India.’
This effort has led to two major projects that oppose and destroy each other. That is, the India that unexpectedly emerged as a single country may remain as one forever. That’s not wrong because it is only when the various ethnic groups speaking hundreds of languages live together in unity that a country like India, covering thousands of square miles, can be prosperous, powerful, and secure. However, the non-Hindi speaking people of the country are being forced to forget, abandon, reject, and hate their mother tongues, and if possible, kill and bury them, making them commit the greatest sacrifice, and learn Hindi. That is, people speaking hundreds of languages are being forced to become enemies, traitors, and murderers of their own languages.
In other words, the political leaders of India are explaining and emphasizing that all non-Hindi speaking people must help to kill and bury all other languages through the use of Hindi, and they must do so because it will create unity in the country. This policy of the political leaders of India, who demand uniformity through Hindi, will only destroy the unity of India.
Thus, the genuine philosophy of building unity among the people of India is being completely defeated by the wrong, harmful, and illogical policy of creating uniformity through the Hindi language. This is because political illusions and madness will inevitably subside over time. Then, the people speaking hundreds of languages will begin to reflect on how their mother tongues were degraded, what forms of suppression they faced, how they lost their rights, and how their languages were silenced. As they begin to count the sufferings and oppression they endured, the fire of attachment to their mother tongue will begin to rise and spread despite the illusions created by the Indian political leaders. At that time, the people of these linguistic communities will begin to speak out about their historical pride, cultural rights, literary wealth, and natural resources. The flame of their mother tongue, which had been suppressed, will begin to rise. Then, it will spread like a wildfire and consume the very structure of the Indian state.
In the end, the policy of imposing Hindi, driven by the political leaders of the All-India Nationalists, will prove to be the cause of the breakup of the Indian nation. These nationalists will no longer be able to control the situation, and the very people who once fought for unity under Hindi will find themselves helpless as the situation spirals out of control. The people who are attached to their mother tongues will rise and demand justice, reclaiming their cultural and linguistic rights. The national leaders who sought to impose Hindi will be seen as traitors by these linguistic communities. These passionate advocates of the mother tongue will not rest until their languages, cultures, and identities are restored to their rightful place.
Thus, the passionate fight for mother tongue attachment will eventually lead to the reclaiming of lost rights, and the national political leaders who pushed for Hindi will be rejected by the very people who once supported them. The final outcome will be that the imposition of Hindi as a unifying force will have caused the disintegration of the very nation it aimed to unite.
In other words, the sincere philosophy of fostering unity among the Indian people is going to face a monumental failure due to the wrong, harmful, and irrational policy of attempting to create unity through the Hindi language in India. Over time, political illusions and absurdities will diminish significantly. When that happens, the people belonging to hundreds of languages will begin to count and reflect on how their mother tongue was subjected to decline by the all-India politicians. They will question how their language was degraded, suppressed, and deprived of its rightful place and identity. They will begin to see the consequences of the attempts made to destroy their language, and the fire of mother-tongue attachment will start to smolder and ignite. Then, the hardships and injustices faced by the people of each language group will start to be remembered, and the bitterness of the past will begin to blow like a cold breeze. The fire of resentment that started as a small spark in the dust will grow, and it will begin to blaze.
At that time, the people of each language group will begin to recall their historical greatness, their ancestral rights, their literary treasures, and the richness of their natural environment. They will speak of their traditions, their pride, and their culture, collecting their past grievances like dried twigs and pieces of broken wood to fuel the fire of resentment. The fire, once small, will now burn fiercely, and it will spread like a wildfire, threatening to reach the sky.
What will become of the concept of India as a nation in the face of such a fire? It will be impossible to say! Then, those who are called all-India nationalists will find themselves not trying to extinguish the raging fire, but rather trying to salvage what little they can from the burning house, under the delusion that they can gain profit from the destruction. These all-India nationalists will come to realize that there never was an "Indian nation," and that there is no need for such a nation anymore. They will be helpless in preventing the fragmentation of India by those who are attached to their mother tongue.
These people will begin to see that their mother tongue has been enslaved, diminished, and rendered useless for unity, attachment, and love. They will realize that the foreign language, elevated above their own, has placed the foreign speakers as the dominant figures, leaders, and masters, forever distorting their place and identity.
The people who are attached to their mother tongue will rise in anger, realizing that their language, culture, and civilization have been poisoned and degraded by the selfish actions of the so-called all-India nationalists. They will start seeing these nationalists as traitors who have betrayed their own people, their own culture, and their own civilization. This rage will lead them to seek revenge. Those who supported the Hindi language and the treacherous actions of the all-India politicians will be cast aside.
They will see themselves as defenders of their language, culture, and heritage, and they will fight for the resurgence of their identity and pride. They will seek to restore their rights and dignity.
The people with such strong attachment to their mother tongue will not hesitate to seek violent revenge against those who have betrayed them, including the Hindi-speaking traitors, and those who have claimed ownership of the Indian state for themselves. They will see the traitors as enemies to be eliminated and will stop at nothing to ensure their language, culture, and civilization are once again restored to their rightful place in the world.
-- Taken from the writings of His Holiness Siddhar Kaakkaiyar Mr M.Palanisamy Pillai; 2nd Hereditary President of Indhu Renaissance Movement.
/ Translation of a few pages from the book titled ‘தமிழினத் தாழ்ச்சி நிலை தொடர்ச்சி நிலையாவது ஏன்?' Published by His Holiness Siddhar Karuwooraar, the 12th Pathinensiddhar Peedam. The full book in Tamil can be read here./
