Second, even the increase in the actual Hindi-speaking population can be attributed to demographic factors - higher fertility rates and migration - rather than the purported popularity of the language. Moreover, their number may well be inflated because the census categorizes as many as 50 other regional languages - Bhojpuri, Rajasthani and Chhattisgarhi - as Hindi. First, the conclusion is drawn primarily on the basis of census data, which count the number of people who identify Hindi as a mother tongue rather than their spoken language. This assumption is flawed for two reasons. The push for Hindi is often justified by the argument that the language is spoken by a majority of Indians. Strikingly, nurses from Kerala in a Delhi government hospital had to oppose a ban on speaking Malayalam among themselves.
While the National Education Policy has reportedly been amended such that Hindi is not imposed as a compulsory language choice for students, the Centre’s Nipun Bharat scheme, launched in July to improve literacy and numeracy in primary schools, invited criticism from non-Hindi-speaking states for the prolific use of formal Hindi in speeches and presentations. Recent developments have been curious though. He also claimed that there is no competition between Hindi and other Indian languages. The government seems to be vocal about defending this public right: but does its actions speak otherwise? This Hindi Divas, the Union home minister, Amit Shah, urged the people to use Hindi alongside their mother tongues. Freedom of speech is of little significance if people are not afforded the liberty to speak the language of their choice.
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