Thoughts: The Spoken Word

Remember Jon Snow or for the more Indian audience, remember Mihir Virani; how these characters were revived in their show due to their popularity. Yes, I still doubt that Jon Snow would be revived by George RR Martin the way it was so dramatically shown in the TV Show but sometimes a revival is needed so that someone or something gets their character or identity shaped better. So, with this motto in mind, I'm planning to revive my blog which went dead after a few articles, primarily due to my laziness.

After contemplating a lot on how to write new post for my blog, I tried to put up various options, depending on what I like. A Travel Blog - Na, I don't have enough experience on travel and plus I'm bad at photography. A Book Review Blog - For this, I had to increase the number of books I read which turned out to be a lot difficult in this digital age. A Film Review Blog - Hmmm, not a bad idea, but this will only turn out fruitful if I finish the review within a day or two of the release else not worth it. A Political Blog *My inner mind* "Don't even think about it." These were some of the options that went around my mind but for every topic that I picked, there were a equal number of downside that discouraged me.

So, I finally decided to bring out a mixed bag in my blog. Writing down my experiences around me, each day every day (though I won't be publishing it every day), will help me not only release any kind of frustration, but will also help me articulate my words better. I always wanted to have a good command over English Language and I'm planning to work that out using this blog, though there will always be occasional touch of vernacular languages. Hope it doesn't irk anyone reading this.

Taking the cue of language, how is this important in our daily lives. Since childhood, the first thing we ever learn to speak is our mother tongue. In my case, it had always been Gujarati. Unfortunately, living in Tamil Nadu, I never had an opportunity in my initial years to read and write the language. I confess I still can't write gujarati as legibly but have learnt to read it quite fluently. As soon as school started, English, Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic came along. I had once heard this somewhere, a child's mind is like a blank slate and any kind of impression one makes on it will get etched easily to be retained for a long time and hence, I guess I'm still able to recall these languages easily.

As I grew up, my interest in learning a new language dwindled quite a lot. Spending 2 years in Nagpur and not learning Marathi, Spending 4 months in Warsaw and not getting the hang of Polish (Though I did learn the Polish word FOR Chicken) and the same goes for Telugu.

These thoughts started running in my mind over and over again during the recent language issues in Karnataka. I have visited Bangalore quite often, I never had any issues per se with speaking hindi, but once we start unearthing the issue, it's our very own fickle mindedness and stubbornness to not to even attempt to learn the regional language. Even when we go to a foreign land, we try to adapt ourselves with their language somehow. We do believe in the proverb 'When in Rome, do as Romans do' or in hindi as we say 'जैसा देस वैसा भेस', so why not apply the same to ourselves in our very own country too.

I would love to have your opinions on how my readers are perceiving this but do sit and think for a moment, the more places we travel, the more languages we will be able to learn and this will help us expand our thought process, hence leading to better character building in us. So, to all my friends and readers, help yourself grow, be open to reading new languages and start increasing your creative abilities. As for me, taking a new pledge, to start learning a new language and do try adapting myself wherever possible.

Sayonara

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