Many Languages, One Nation Quest for an All-India Language

Many Languages, One Nation Quest for an All-India Language Nearly three decades have passed gari script shall he the official language ofstates, with a transitional period for theor the regional languages as the case may V K R V Rao since the Constitution laid down that Hindi in Devnathe Union and regional languages the official language of the continuance of English and its progressive replacement by Hindi he. It is obvious in all these years, the country has not suc ceeded in implementing the language provisions of the Constitution. With the advent of the Janata government at the Centre and the near-total defeat of the Janata party in the Lok Sabha elections in many non-Hindi states, new apprehensions have arisen in the non- Hindi areas about the language issue. This is therefore an opportune time to have a fresh look atgress made in the implementation of the solution provided by the for the future: