Gauge of Language

    Language is a necessary thing for communication. Without it we couldn’t imagine anything in real world. Communication is important in any field.
Suddenly by reading these lines this question may pop into our minds : “Which language?”

        Finding answer to this question, many problems have started. Considering all countries, each country has its own language. More than that we can say that they have one common language. If this is the case then no need to worry, because difference in opinion of language doesn’t occur.

    But for country like India, they speak different language depending on the region they are living in. India has many provinces/states. Each state has its own language. We also see many clashes due to language. If this is the case, then ‘unity in diversity’ concept is already ruined.

     Let us go back some decades ago, when British had their total influence on India. I like to quote “Even after British left us, English didn’t leave”. British planted a seed called English in Indian minds which is a boon and also curse at the same time.
   

    Yesterday I was travelling in train from my native place; I met a typical Indian family having around 6 members. As usual that family were packed with parents, grandparents, beautiful daughter and a younger brother for her. They were basically from chikmagaluru. Elders and that girl interacted very well. But after some time, mother of that cute little boy started blaming her son for his English. She was like “All his classmates are speaking English quite well. But he is not. He can’t even be a topper. If this continues he will suffer a lot and he will not have bright future. Etc!!”.

   I was fed up by hearing those blaming from her. Because when we went to school no one forced us or pressurized us to speak in English. We learnt by ourselves. I was feeling bad for him. I couldn’t further resist her blaming, so I said her “English is not necessary at that level, he will learn by his own during the course of time. Let him have his freedom to explore how good he is.”
Later that girl also agreed to my point.

    This is not just the case of that boy. So many parents think in that manner. Until those parents mindset changes, we can’t do anything. So I think before educating children, it is necessary to educate their parents about these things.
Learn with interest & passion and not with pressure.