Denied Parking, Bengaluru Techie Calls For Making English Mandatory In India, Here's Why

Google techie advocates for mandatory English in India after being denied parking in Bengaluru.

A software engineer in Bengaluru called for making English mandatory in India after being denied parking. (Representational Image)

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A Bengaluru-based techie has called for making English a mandatory language in India after he was denied parking for speaking in Hindi. 

Arpit Bhayani, a software engineer at Google, took to LinkedIn to narrate his experience. 

"Today, I was denied parking just because I asked the person to move aside in Hindi," he said in the post. The techie highlighted that most parents, even in small towns and rural areas, preferred sending their children to English-medium schools.

"To everyone talking about preserving language and culture, whether in Maharashtra, Karnataka, or any other state, are you actually enrolling your children in schools that teach in the regional language, or are they studying in English-medium schools?" he questioned. 

He further claimed that English has paced fast to become the main language for communication for many, especially the younger generation. 

"The younger generation today is far more comfortable speaking in English than in their mother tongue. Cities are seeing this more, and rural areas will catch up," he added.

Bhayani added that English would soon become the most commonly spoken language in the country for most Indians in their daily lives. From apps and websites to packaging, ads, schools, and work, people already use English everywhere, he noted. "So, why not just make English a mandatory language?" he asked.

"A good fraction of people are halfway there or have some familiarity with the English language for the above reasons," he continued.

The techie mentioned that communication across states and people within the country would become easier if English were to become one language. 

People would stop wasting time fighting over language politics and would shift to real problems like better infrastructure, more jobs and employment, he added.