By Guest Author : Hemant Firke
English language has become such an important aspect of our life that the makers of Bollywood movie ‘Roti, Kapda aur Makaan’ today would like to rethink and add it as a fourth ask for ‘The Mango People’.
English language has become such an important aspect of our life that the makers of Bollywood movie ‘Roti, Kapda aur Makaan’ today would like to rethink and add it as a fourth ask for ‘The Mango People’.
Many would have noticed and written on this, but I realized
when I was speaking to one of my school friends, a few days ago, as how she has
become ‘Mommy Bolt’ running around her kid asking to do things against his wish
and that too in English.
I remember, being a kid, I used to keep myself real busy
with comics, gully cricket, Duck Tales, Mahabharata, trying to do Mowgli
adventures and WWF acts. My parents on the other hand never realized the need
of speaking in English with me at that time. I used to laugh on the very fact
as I grew older. But times have changed.
Now, I have stopped laughing at parents who desperately try
to speak in English with their kids. Because it’s not funny anymore.
I understand that they feel totally substandard that they
were born in India
and try to compensate by being ‘English’ in and out.
“Rinku ... I can’t be able to take you for
playschool today!!” is not funny anymore.
Because, “You gave audition in Indian Idol for fun,
no?”
“You don’t use ‘Olay-Total Effects’ to look young, no?”
If you like the language, learn to construct basic
sentences.
I have a strong desire to blame it on English speaking
countries for this. However, I believe they possess good promotional skills. I
have nothing to take away from the Chinese, Germans, Japanese and French,
though. We Indians, often called as ‘Suntanned Asians with Napolean Complex’ by
the western countries, unfortunately have always followed them to the speed of
light than to lead.
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NAÏVE SELF EXPLOITATION BY
HEMANT FIRKE J J
29th June 2012
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