Hindi, the youngest of languages, is like a child in diapers, according to Kamal Haasan who continues to speak out against making it the language of the nation.
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00:00And among the family of languages, the youngest is Hindi.
00:07It's a little child in diapers.
00:38Language is a communicating tool.
00:43However old or young, we'll have to respect all languages,
00:48including the language that you speak in your land.
00:52And among the family of languages, the youngest is Hindi.
00:57It's a little child in diapers.
01:00We will have to take care of that language because it is our child too.
01:11We will definitely take care of it.
01:14Compared to Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, it's still the youngest language.
01:21And it is not with derision that I say it, but with compassion and kindness,
01:26with a lot of affection.
01:28I speak a little of that language.
01:30I don't have the erudition that I might have in my own language,
01:34but it's a good language.
01:37But our contention is, do not stuff it down our throat.
01:42You called us for dinner, lay it on the plate.
01:48Don'tтАж
01:50Don't make us a guest in your dinner and then give us a menu
01:56and which order to eat.
01:58We will not accept it.
02:00No one will accept it.