Hindi It has been proven that being fluent in two languages enhances a person's ability to concentrate.
In high school and college, all students are required to study 2 years of a foreign language. In many school districts, such as LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District-the 2nd biggest school district in the nation), they offer American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
No Hindi.
Hindi is spoken by over 500 million people in the world and it is touted as one of the 10 Most Spoken Languages in the World (Los Angeles Times) but it is not an available language to study in many of our schools. We need to promote it within our school districts and ensure it is offered as a viable choice to upcoming generations as a foreign language choice.
This is the time to put away our regional biases and Hindi dialects (Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, etc) and band together as Indians to promote India's national language, Hindi.
The language people speak shapes the way they see the world, if we are unable to promote our own language within our respective school districts, we will lose an important component of our heritage. A language is an integral part a culture and offering it as a viable alternative with other languages within a school district provides it validation and importance. The more information and appreciation that students have of different cultures, the better they are able to fit into the global world.
In any language classes, students don't simply learn a language; they are also exposed to the culture and taught to appreciate the richness of the history and people of that country. Many form groups to visit the country being studied or visit ethnic restaurants to try the cuisine and practice their language skillset.
It is time to preserve our heritage for future generations. And, time to add Hindi as a part of all our school districts' curriculum package. Whether your kids are in elementary, middle or high school, we all need to reach out to our school districts and principals to ask about adding Hindi to their list of second languages.
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