LINGUISTIC NATIONALITIES IN INDIA 33 languages. The future of neo-colonialism, monopoly capitalism and their feudalist allies is connected with the domination of English in Indian society and polity. In people's democratic India, people's languages alone ^ would be recognised as the medium of instruction at all levels, as instru- / ments of scientific and literary production and also as official language for^ juridical and administrative work of the state at all levels. No language will be discriminated against just because it is the language of a minority or a small tribe. Even the dialects spoken by the Santhals or the Bhils will have to be treated with respect. Urdu will not be discriminated against merely because it cannot claim a majority of speakers in any region. English willjno longer be the official language, but its study may be encouragecTm the educational institutions of our country. Hindi an? all other Indian languages will be given equal facilities to develop. Only by implementing a policy of mass education, by teaching science and technology through the medium of people's languages and by securing rapid economic development on the basis of a planned economy, can the various Indian nationalities be united in a federal polity. 1 E M S Namboodiripad, The Motional Question in Kerala, Peoples Publishing House, Bombay, 1952, p 2. 2 ISirJohn Seeley, The Expansion of England, 1883, p 254. 3 R Palrne Dutt, India Today, People's Publishing House, Bombay, 1949, p 272. * E M S Namboodiripad, op. cit., p 18. 5 Ibid.,? 28. 6 Ram Gopal, Linguistic Affairs of India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay, 1966, pi. 7 E M S Namboodiripad, op. cit., p 55. 8 Naresh Chandra Roy, Federalism and Linguistic States, Firma KL Mukhopadhyay, Calcutta, 1962, p 146. 9 E M S Namboodiripad, op. cit., p 58. 10 7W.,p59. n Ibid.,? 60 18 G^Adhikari, Pakistan and Motional Unity, 1944, p 15. 13 Ibid., ? 16. u J Winternitz, rationalities in Europe, 1945, p 6. ^ i