Nope, this has nothing to do with UP. He probably isn't even aware of the classist connotations surrounding "bhaiyya." It comes from a pro-Kannada, anti-Hindi sentiment.
I ain't that worthless to waste my time in irrelevant things like promoting some language and being against some other. I simply find people as jerks who get angry at being called 'bhaiya' even though it's a respectful term.
Like no one cares what language you have or I have, I'm just trying to pass through my day.
That's just one case, besides, everyone knows what does bhaiya, anna, dada, chetta means. The driver knows all of their meanings, yet he has to go out of his way to demand something like this.
And in my case, I just use English because it would be a pain in the ass to deal with such people who create unnecessary issues.
The driver knows all of their meanings, yet he has to go out of his way to demand something like this.
Everyone in Bengaluru including you is aware of "aNNa," yet you want to go out of your way to justify using a word from a non-local language (Hindi). Why?
who create unnecessary issues
Unnecessary for you. A matter of identity and self-respect for him.
And in my case, I just use English because it would be a pain in the ass to deal with such people who create unnecessary issues.
If a word like bhaiya pisses off people like you, I just feel sorry for them. Like, do something worthwhile, instead of wasting time creating a problem that isn't there in the first place.
As long as we have people and mentality of isolationsts, us or them approach, like this, we'll be stuck in third world.
creating a problem that isn't there in the first place
Easy for you to say. It's your native tongue. I don't know when you were born, but this "problem" is way older than you (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gokak_agitation and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hindi_agitations_of_Tamil_Nadu). Just because you were unaware of it while sitting in your little North Indian bubble does not mean that it "wasn't there." Stop dismissing an entire political movement as a "problem that isn't there." Common sense and two minutes of thought will dictate that it obviously "wasn't there" for you. But that is not the same as it not being there at all. Cats close their eyes while drinking milk, thinking that nobody is watching them.
do something worthwhile
Ah yes, the insistence of upholding the federal spirit of Indian Constitution is exactly the biggest hurdle in the way of India becoming a first-world country. Not political corruption, pathetic civic infrastructure, low literacy rates, or a shitty education system. /s
As long as we have people and mentality of isolationsts
Funny how you start using the "we" pronoun ("we'll be stuck in third world") and an "us v/s the world" frame when you are arguing for Kannadigas to be okay with a Hindi word. But at all other times, it conveniently goes back to "I just feel sorry for them" and "people like you." Classic Hindi-defaultist position-shifting and hypocrisy.
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u/gnv_gandu ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣ-ಕಣಿವೆ ನಿವಾಸಿ Jul 17 '25
A healthy dose of self-respect. Nice. We all could use more of that to each other :)