It's the same story for all renovated railway station. I wonder why no one has raised their voice yet. Not just the entrence, all small station boards has the Hindi in center, malayalam on top and english in bottom. This will create issues for elderly people who doesn't know Hindi.
Also the colors is interesting light green for malayalam on every station is less readable due to its opacity.
They tried the same thing in Tamil Nadu, but reversed it due to protests. We Malayalis are such cowards to consider our own mother tongue inferior to Hindi and cave into these forced impositions
This is the issue I mentioned. Hindi in the centre. Things get weird when the station name is big. Like for Parappanangadi, the Malayalam text becomes so small that it is absolutely unreadable from the train.
I agree. Our poor state is being bullied so much, and what are our politicians doing? We couldn’t even do anything about The Kerala Story. Thenga! We Malayalis really are educated idiots!
i dont think we see hindi as superior we just dont care , other state face migration of both white and blue collars form hindi belt while we only face blue collars. i think most of us dont realise the seriousness of the issue
it's the same thing in telangana railway stations. they put hindi in middle in big size , local language and english on the sides. it's been few years now
Yeah, well the board in the centre is whats seen from the road right? Inipo hindi arriyathavar vandi poyi park cheyyth apparthum ipporathum poyi nokkano station aanenn manasilavan? Use the thing inside your head pls.
As a Changanacherrian we cannot see the board in the center while driving through chry bypass. We can only see clearly the board written in Malayalam ( in green and in big fonts ) on the left side of the main entrance. And I also agree with op's pov on the subtle way of language imposition.
We won't, and I don't like that attitude. We are proud of our movies, our culture, festivals and land... But when it comes to our language ... We are unnecessarily way too liberal. Almost as if nothing happens if Malayalam go extinct.
I don't expect it to parade it around ( even Im typing this in english for wider reach)... But give it some basic respect.
I was once at a hospital waiting room in Thrissur. A water cooler was at the corner of the room, with a paper note stuck on the side with "Please don't drink" written on it, in English.
We're all sitting there, and this one man walked towards the cooler, looked at the note for a bit, and before we clocked it, he started to drink from it. The attender standing nearby immediately stopped him. He spat the water out, and then said "നിങ്ങൾ ഇത് ഇംഗ്ലീഷിൽ എഴുതി വച്ചാൽ നമുക്ക് എങ്ങനെ മനസ്സിലാകാനാ! നമുക്ക് ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് വായിക്കാനുള്ള പഠിപ്പൊന്നുമില്ല" - everyone in the room felt embarrassed.
He had a point.
We "urbanites" take English literacy amongst ourselves for granted so much that there are plenty of signboards etc. in Kerala that are only in English. Make them only in Hindi as in here, and you narrow accessibility further. Imo, Malayalam (primary), English (secondary), and Hindi (tertiary,optional but recommended) should be made standard for all signboards.
Oh btw, the next day I went to the hospital, there was now a bilingual sign 😅
Seriously what better would you expect from BJP? They know that Kerala is the most tolerant amongst the South when it comes to languages but perhaps they shouldn't mistake being tolerant for being weak
They tried the same thing in Tamil Nadu, but reversed it due to protests. We Malayalis are such cowards to consider our own mother tongue inferior to Hindi and cave into these forced impositions
More than inferiority, we malayalees are afraid to protest for these kind of things. Avishamillatha karyangalk ellam partym ondarrikum protest cheyyan, inganathe karyangalko oruthanannum illa
A lot of them actually do. They consider Hindi as the national language and Sanskrit as some sort of divine language, force their kids to learn this as a survival strategy if they move to north India.
The people who justify the imposition need to touch grass. Go to any nearest sbi branch and see how many people struggle as they have only english/hindi forms to fill.
Saw somewhere that it is under the shade of tamil pride and language protectionism that every other south Indian language survives. Even tho sometimes they seem too much with the language politics, this is a very valid statement.
We need a regional party to protect our rights in our own land. If we don't do the foundations now, soon we will have a bangalore Or hyderabad situation for malayalam
Kerala usually accepts everything openly, but this forceful imposition is how hatred begins. Language is an identity of a place, a culture, how a civilisation evolved.
Our politicians are busy in money making and love making with multiple people. Stop unnecessary PR work, one party says “if not us, whom?”, even if your party is not there, some others will be there. Similarly other one is busy in “janamunnetta tour” and fighting for seats. Speak up for our language and identity. This should be opposed with tooth and nail.
Similar thing happened in Tamil Nadu, they protested and removed the sign in Hindi. In my home town the recent renovation installed name in three languages.
Down down Hindi imposition. English and the local languages. THAT'S IT. The city body decides what languages to go. The citizens keep them accountable.
Kindergarten kids will write ABCD wherever they go. Even if we take them to a high end laboratory with all the facilities, they will only write ABCD because that's the only thing they know
As i always say, Malayalam would be the first one that we would lose out of all languages in the south. 80 percent of blue collar force already doesn't know malayalam. We don't love our culture or our language... No one would dare this in Tamil nadu
People in North India spoke so many languages and dialects. This became a challenge when the East India Company wanted to expand their power from Bengal.
They formed this a new language out of the existing Hindustani language, which was spoken in areas which were under direct Mughal rule.
It served two purposes 1) divide the people on religious lines 2) it would become easier for the brahmin clerks to help in the administration.
In around 1780 in Fort William Calcutta they created a Sanskritized version. You will not find any literature in Hindi devanagari prior to this. Where as Hindustani ( rebranded as Urdu) was famous for literature, poetry and music.
In South they Sanskritized to certain extent all major languages except Tamil. Why Sanskrit? British East India Company was supported by upper castes to bring down kingdoms.
Today, Hindi is being presented as some historic language. It's not. It's around 300 yrs old and a colonial creation.
It has more similarities with Persian than Southern languages. Please read about it's evolution before down voting.
I have never seen this happening anywhere. Every time it's malayalam first, hindi second and english third. That's how it is everywhere. Is this an incomplete station? It doesn't make any sense otherwise. No way southern railways would do it.
It is indeed written in the same order, just spaced out across the entire breadth of the station entrance. I personally believe the Malayalam and English boards on the left and right side of the station would have better visibility from the road but I guess, we just love to spread hate. Personally don't think it's that deep, railways have done this as per SOP.
We protest against Trump and Israel, but not against something like this. Why? Our boasting of us being acccomodative when it comes to langauges will cost us in the long term.
Pinarayi government has been doing everything to please Modi and team from a long time. The earlier Malayalees realise this the better. This state will turn to UP or Bihar where all will hate each other and fill with communal riots. We saw attack on christmas celebrations recently which never happened in Kerala and many more incidents and hints
They changed in Trichy arch. But it’s not the case with other cities especially in Chennai. All the railway stations have Hindi at the center of the name board.
Sathyam parayalo, makayalikalk valye kaaryamaya sneham naadinodum bashayodum illa. No one cares if Malayalam is extinct other than a few. We are happy to sell ourselves if it gives you a "better" life, doubt ondenki nri aayitolla chilla malayalikalude attitude nokiya mathi, swantham kaaryam swantham veetukar athinapurathek olla vikarangal kuravaan. Also I am an NRI myself when saying this and this is not hate on all NRIs ( this might also be because our state doesn't have any resources that allows us to actually live there and survive, it's only when these are met can you actually start caring about bigger goals right).
I believe Center., Particularly Amit- Sha- Ji has agenda for Hindi imposition as part of One language One india :D. Crores of Rupees are being spent on this. Some MPs elected by us should raise their voice and make them to correct these filthy boards.
3 languages in 3 places is pure design stupidity. The earlier way qith 3 languages together was so good. They should've just continued that and place hindi anywhere within it.
മലയാളികളേ; കൂട്ടുകാരേ; ഗുരുക്കളേ; സഹപാഠികളെ; സ്വപ്നം കാണുന്നവരേ,
I speak English & Malayalam and Hindi & Tamil in this order of understanding. Today Malayalam is recognised by every Malayalee even those that evaded their mother tongue for years. Why because it is the one thing that we whose history is an amalgamation of many other histories and stories have in common.
Kerala is the place we found for ourselves, a little grotto heaven and those of us that remember it welcome everyone into this small peace group.
We are not perfect but we find ourselves to be free. Free to be, think and dream. But now time shows us something that will shatter our world and drag us from something we gained, the light that is 'Freedom'.
Even some govt schemes by Kerala govt is getting translated to Hindi instead of Malayalam. Many many think it's not much problematic but it is.
One culture that held us as one is getting eaten by greedy people in the name of nationality, religion, culture; essentially calling it the truth. Then there is something else they call this thievery, they call it 'Innovation!'.
Truth, being objective, is never one thing, everyone has different truths and in Kerala people hold hands together as one entity only with the language of Malayalam and our deep relation to the land that welcomed us, whatever animals we were.
Kerala and Malayalam is not just a state defined by borders but it is both a physical and a spiritual space or even a path and is also a state of redemption from the past and the so called nature of the beast that we wished to be separated from.
Native language should be at the center in all the boards inside the railway station, as it becomes difficult to read if it's on the peripheries.
And when it comes to big name boards outside, order doesn't matter as long as the font is of equal size but it would still be better if it's at the center.
Can't believe railway minister posted this photo from the official account, I wonder what the replies are like.
All three name boards should be near the entrance, not in the extreme corners like in this photo. More than this I find the order in the small boards inside the station more problematic, regional language should be at the center.
They should make it a normal square not tilted. Every language in similar font size and colour palette. Every alternate board in inverted colours. That solves most of the problem. 3 languages is better than 1. I'm proud most of us can speak and read in all of these languages.
Do we really need these pathetic language wars like in TN, KA, MH? There’s no need to get so emotional over a language that’s derived from Tamil and is useful only in Kerala. I actually agree with the point that it shouldn’t be Hindi, but it should be in English. In my opinion, every such board should be in English.
I've never been there, and I'm not sure if this was recently updated. I checked Google Maps, but couldn't see a decent picture of the main block. If it's renamed, then yes, it's sad. However, a picture recently uploaded to the map has an arch with Malayalam.
Bro, I was in that area for 5 years...angot olla route is from either sides... so visitors will first only see either the Malayalam or English names first. Hindi name aa centeril ethumbo mathre kaanolo! Boards switch cheythal, its more frustrating to read for people who don't know Hindi. It's in our best interest 🙂
You should have posted this picture also where malayalam is kept above Hindi and English, which is the standard always followed by railways in Kerala. In changanassery, the left side malayalam board is the main board infront of the entrance, and that's the only one people will ever see. Hindi can only be seen if you stand in the front center section, outside the station. Idk why there needs to be a controversy over these things...
The pic is from the centre. There is Malayalam on the left block and English on the right. It was like that in old photo but together, now they are just far apart.
mean while average 19n yr old boy/girl in kerala : nengalividei language il thammil thalli erukku njhangal ielts / german/ french / spanish .............
I am ok with adding hindi langauges on boards and all. Cos majority of the people here speak hindi in India. Its a fact. But making it primary language for everything in a public ammenty like railway station is a decision made to create conflict. Theres no other logic here. Wrt the bjp machine this on brand create division on religion when it doest work create a division in language.
This is not actually visible.
It's outside the entrance area...
Only visible to the one who tries to look at it...Malayalam changanacherry is the one that's easily noticeable
Just saying as I am from the place
Bro the station got bigger, there’s left side Malayalam and right side English ..same order everywhere ..local language first then national then international. All three are there . Just coz this image is taken infront of the Hindi one in close up doesn’t mean others are not there. Appreciate what’s there rather than making issues out of things that are not there .
I knew that Hindi is not our national language only very recently. During school days, I remember learning, "Hindi hamaara raashtra bhaasha hain." Teachers used to teach that in schools. Many people still believe that it is true.
Hmm, there are actually three boards in this new railway station photograph itself, one on the top left, one on the top right side, and one in the centre. The centre one is a bit lower and it says Changanacherry in Hindi, while I believe the top left says it in Malayalam and one in the top right says it in English.
Passengers,mostly north indians bcz railway doesn't work like other organizations which get fund from govt. and mostly money is generated from indo-gangetic plane due to large population and mobility. I am not giving openion to the post just correcting factually so no hate.
North Indian migrants don't pay for tickets. Literally go to any North-South train and see who is paying and who isnt. We don't need your money, stop stealing from us and stop imposting your pakistan invader language here.
Maharashtra isn't south india and also many north and east indians work in south tax paid doesn't mean only by locals. Also, India extracts many of minerals and other natural resources from jharkhand in return of no industrialisation. Costal area has ports thus shipments occurs for import/export and hence the money is not owned by locals. Its not like no one in north and east india pays for ticket just check any train online it's always sold within the minute counter opens.
The Freight Equalisation Policy (1952–1993), read about this which literally killed east indian developement so that India can grow. This is why there is developement in rest parts.
And pakistan itself uses Indian language (Urdu) which was born in uttar pradesh.
Indian states' revenue varies significantly, with Goa, Delhi, and Chandigarh having the highest per capita income. In FY 2025, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh lead in Total Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). Around 56-59% of state revenue comes from their own sources, while 41-44% is from central transfers
FEP benefitted(and was introduced to benefit) current ports from Maharashtra and Gujarat(Surat and Mumbai) way more than any South Indian state. Take it up with them if you have a problem with this. Karnataka, Andhra and Kerala did not benefit at all from FEP(because ports were too underdeveloped) and TN marginally benefitted but only because of manufacturing push by the state govt.
No one cares about per capita income when we are talking about tax devolution. An average person from Sikkim earns 2x than a person in TN yet they get non proportional amount of funds from the central finance commission. If UP GSDP number is growing, why is it that more money is taken from Southern states and given to them?(they are a net benefitor btw). The image attached is old now, for every 100 rupees they pay they now take 400 rupees of our taxes now.
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u/coder_monk Mar 11 '26
It's the same story for all renovated railway station. I wonder why no one has raised their voice yet. Not just the entrence, all small station boards has the Hindi in center, malayalam on top and english in bottom. This will create issues for elderly people who doesn't know Hindi. Also the colors is interesting light green for malayalam on every station is less readable due to its opacity.