If I summarize the ideology of English conversation described by him, I would say that that is the linguistic version of American imperialism. Today, most English conversation lessons– not writing but speaking skills– are targeted at businesspeople. So, textbooks should be naturally designed according to their requirements.
As expected, she didn’t lift a finger to remember our names. It seemed that she didn’t want to be bothered by Japanese names which must have been difficult for her to pronounce properly. So, she decided to call us by English names.
I can read ‘Hindi’; I can speak bad Hindi if I am allowed to disregard all rules of gender; and I can write it if I must (my spelling is better than my grammar). But I somehow can’t do it without feeling that I am participating in some weird imperialist project. This has seriously hampered my engagement with much of North India, somewhat dismissively known now as the ‘cow belt’.
Since February 21, 2000, the International Mother Language Day has been observed as an annual event to honor and celebrate linguistic diversity around the world, and also to discuss and plan measures that can help preserve linguistic diversity in the face of pressure from more dominant languages.
I wish I knew all the languages in this world. I could know so many human stories, literature, lyrics, and folklores told in their own manner and not a translated one.
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