If you were from Bangalore, you would have seen this phenomenon - Students from upmarket schools, having lived close to 23 years in the city, when asked to speak a sentence in the local language would claim ignorance and cry murder saying that they never had the need to know the language.
I always would wonder, how difficult would it be to learn a few basic sentences in a local language?
Nitin, a batchmate of mine here had an interesting take on this issue. He says…
“The number of people evincing interest to learn/speak a language is directly proportional to the GDP of the Language.”
In one sentence, he had managed to drive home an issue, that the Kannada Rakshana Vedikes and Maharashtra Nav Nirman Senas of this country would never understand.
Can you think of any exception to this rule? Maybe French… My explanation is that French is generally perceived to be an extremely Amorous language, and people have the propensity to consume anything amorous!
You are fluent with Arabic?
Aust>> Salaam Alaikkum > Good Day
Thats all … you found the killer argument
to prove this whole thing wrong …
Sathya
You write very well.