ABSTRACT
Language is naturally connected with the people’s day-to-day life, their culture, society and their interaction with other people. It also has the compelling symbolic importance as it helps in looking at the outside world the way an individual wants to see.1 People tend to think, interact and associate rst with their own language. Although language is a powerful marker of social identity and prestige, no language is superior or inferior to others but there is a tendency in South Asia to give the language of the ruling class or powerful groups undue importance thereby acknowledging its predominance.2 However, in a diverse country, dominance of a particular language acts as an important political force to have control over the country’s otherwise linguistic minority by having undue advantage over socio-political as well as economic resources of the country.3 It is marked by cultural and social fragmentation within the society. However, in the changing global scenario, language barriers are barriers to progress, development and upliftment of the society as a whole.
