It was fun to read the morning papers today, (somehow we happen to receive 4 different news papers; 3 in English and 1 in my mother tongue 'Bengali')
In one of the dailies there were these two topics on the same page; one dealt with the issue of how English language has become one of the important medium to get a ticket to India's new economic boom and the other about this 65 year lady who found a traditional art that dramatizes social and familial issues and reinvented the same to become the first female performer of this art.
It was fascinating to observe how a global language can be seen as the passport to a better world while a local one can become a creative outlet and way to communicate and form a sisterhood of sorts that helps the members tide over shackles of conventions.
I believe it is important to know your mother tongue to learn any other language and express oneself through it.
Any language that we learn and comprehend becomes a gateway to a world unknown
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Good Coherent English language has been the main ticket for your people, to jump on the Economic Growth Gravy Train. I would suggest!
2007-12-19 @ 11:44
English is the only language that unites the world. the beautiful posts in yor blog are in english. most people have embraced this language more than their mother tongue and therefore for them the best of expressions come in English.mother tongue helps to comprehend the culture and society where u belong . its usage is very restricted.
 | shunya2 [Member] 2007-12-20 @ 08:48 |
So why did English become such a prominent means of communication? England is a small country compared to other countries, but its language has become the international language. India is much bigger than England, so should it not have been Hindi whcih should have dominated the world? The reason is that the British set out to colonize the world and spread its language, culture and religion everywhere. I think the the Indians should be proud of their own language, just as the French are of theirs.
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