Sunday, June 14, 2009

English defines class...does it??

Actually....I had almost stopped writing my blog....but after some incidents...I thought it was necessary to put forward my views.....

I know many people who think that speaking in english makes them of a higher class....these are not the people who dont know or understand marathi (my mother tongue) but they think that speaking in marathi is very down-market (that's what "they" say)

There are many young people(14 above ) or as a matter of fact even some middle-aged people....who are not ready or rather I must say disgusted or feel low-class speaking their mother tongue!!! English is a language accepted globally, I agree....but that doesn't mean people become high class if they speak in English.....I have many friends who speak in English just because they are comfortable with it....but they do it with due respect to other languages....but these so called "HIGH CLASS" people just dont care....today.....I have many friends....who refuse to call their parents 'aai' and 'baba' i.e. mother and father in marathi.....they prefer mom and dad over it.....this is just an example...there are loads of other instances...

These are the people who would curse leaders like Raj Thackrey....because what he says is true though I dont justify the methods which he uses.....I would like to appeal to all the people that please speak in whatever language you wish but NEVER side-line anybody or just make fun of somebody just because that person doesnt speak english....

I can see this situation in big cities.....I hope that this is not the situation in other states of our motherland and hope that people will atleast stop their superiority complex....