So we all studied in English medium school and we are proud
of that. Some of us are convent educated and some of us were from some really
good private schools which gives good emphasis on English. It’s very common to
hear nowadays when children’s speaking to each other in Hindi and parent’s
telling them “Why are you talking in Hindi? Did we send you to an English
Medium school to Speak in Hindi? You are wasting your parent’s money?” Even
many parents want’s their children to learn A for Apple first rather than any
other language.
According to the latest data by National University of
Education, Planning and Administration (NUEPA) there is 274% increase in the no
of students studying in English schools between 2003 & 2011. Now, if you
want to get a Job so knowing English is almost necessary everywhere. So parents
are linking English language knowledge to their wards official and personal
growth.
People feel embarrassed when they are not able to speak English
and even we always had a good laugh when we heard someone speaking incorrect English.
People speak loudly in English in public places to create an impression or
become the center of attraction or sometimes they don’t speak at all because of
lack of English language skills. So knowing English is important for social
status now? Or Speaking in Hindi language is matter of shame for us now?
India has myriad of Language like Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Malayalam
etc. and it’s difficult to choose official language and each language has a
rich history and culture behind them. So why one don’t want to choose any one
of them? In a staggering data given by People linguistic survey by India, out
780 language 220 languages has already been lost in last 50 years.
Students who are studying in local languages got demotivated
by society and sometimes by near and dear ones. They feel rejected everywhere.
They can’t see themselves adding any value to the Indian ecosystem. All of
important examinations like IIT JEE or UPSC etc. has adopted English as the
primary language of communication and because of this many local language
speaking students not even try for these examinations.
English is seriously becoming our primary language and we
think it’s important for us to grow as a nation as well. In this way we can
integrate ourselves to the western world and speed up our growth. That’s why we
are choosing French and German instead of Sanskrit. Well many of you may not
know that many words in English have taken from Sanskrit like Mother and
Brother from MATR and BHRATA. If we have to learn something from our neighbor then
we should learn from China. That country is miles ahead of us in every
department and ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE.
You want to stand in a world forum and you want to
communicate globally then yes knowing English is important. But it doesn’t mean
that you forget your identity and knowing your language and speaking in it is a
matter of pride. Learn from Japanese they are so proud of their language and if
English is so important then their country might not be functional today. Many Russian
players speaking in Russian in major sports event and other countries reporters
make the effort to understand them. Then why we can’t speak in our local
language? Let the world make an effort to understand that.
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