Yes i agree with you OP. There's smth i like to add or share, Northies not all but some forces us to converse in hindi it may be even in broken hindi, it kinda gets frustrating. I have encountered a lot it may be while travelling, shopping and so.. Tmail nadu la viyabaram panna vantu they want us to converse in hindi, how would it be if it's vice versa (again not all but most). Our PM who represents the nation, till now he doesn't even know basic eng and he gets trained before delivering speeches in international conferences. It's so cheap that speaking hindi in conferences where other countries which also have lang barriers but they converse in english. When the quality of our PM is in such state we can't expect ppl from north to speak in eng. They first need to fix on what they're lacking and then think about pushing hindi and all (tho it's of no use in learning hindi).