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Vasudaiva Kutumbakam .............. ????

Language Preservation is a challenge that confronts almost every Indian today. English, being declared as a global language, catalysed the process of language degradation and extinction in a multilingual country like India. Education now has become synonymous to being able to read, write and speak English. People are choosing to study in a school or institution with English as the medium of instruction. As a consequence, the educated population tends to read and communicate in English even in their day to day life. Newspapers, media, and formal corporate written and vocal communication is in English. In this scenario are we losing our regional languages? Are we neglecting their importance and pushing them towards extinction? If yes, should we boycott the global language and resort to our national language Hindi?                It is not a new fact that many countries still use their native language as the medium of instruction and commu...