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GitaIyer

@GitaIyer

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Posted: 11 years ago

No, this post is not about watches.😆. Though QH ph needs one badly to remind it to tell the story in allotted time and to keep track of time leaps.

So, our Sanam is HMT types, Hindi medium types.

And ahil is ROLEX types, Rock out loud english eXpert types.

I'm not questioning why Sanam can't speak fluent english. No, she has been brought up in a rural village, and most probably went to a govt run school. So, Kudos to SJ for her portrayal of Sanam, the diction is,spot on. She had never had the need to speak in english. So it's understandable.

My question is

Is it really important for a person to speak fluent english to be considered good or to succeed in today's world?

English is not the widely spoken language, it is widely published language and used in technologies like email and Internet. Regional languages are dying a slow but sure death. Its kinda sad, coz most of European languages owe their origins to Sanskrit.

Do share your thoughts. No disrespect to english. It's my fav language though.

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713_Sparkles

@713_Sparkles

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Posted: 11 years ago

Love the abbreviations! 😆 You got me!

And i personally think that all that the person has inside of them matters, not their heavy loaded accents.

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Preeti

@FaultInMyStars

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Posted: 11 years ago

It's the harsh reality of the modern world. If you can't speak in English, you are consider illiterate & people make fun of you.

P.S. English is my favourite language too😆

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713_Sparkles

@713_Sparkles

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Posted: 11 years ago

But not knowing English won't make you any productive especially, if you look at what pace this generation is growing up with, peoplewould think you are an illiterate "Behenji" 😆

English is my favourite language too!

Edited by 713_Sparkles - 11 years ago

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GitaIyer

@GitaIyer

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: 713_Sparkles
Love the abbreviations! 😆 You got me!
And i personally think that all that the person has inside of them matters, not their heavy loaded accents.

It's not even about accents. It's about fluency. U r right what is inside that matters. but is it right for companies to reject candidates for their poor english speaking skills. Students of Hindi or regional medium schools stand to loose out many opportunities in corporate world.

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GitaIyer

@GitaIyer

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: FaultInMyStars
It's the harsh reality of the modern world. If you can't speak in English, you are consider illiterate & people make fun of you.
P.S. English is my favourite language too😆

Yeah, it's harsh and sad. Especially for a country like India, which has a multitude of languages.

Had England not ruled over the world, would english have been the chosen one.

Making fun of others over their appearance or speaking skills is 😡 but sadly many seem to enjoy it.

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713_Sparkles

@713_Sparkles

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: GitaIyer

It's not even about accents. It's about fluency. U r right what is inside that matters. but is it right for companies to reject candidates for their poor english speaking skills. Students of Hindi or regional medium schools stand to loose out many opportunities in corporate world.

😆 The rest of my comment got left out! It's up there!

And yeah, people with "imm sow guid @ EnGliSs" DONT get to the corporate world 😆

Great! Much needed and a refreshingly new post! 👏

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GitaIyer

@GitaIyer

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: 713_Sparkles

But not knowing English won't make you any productive especially, if you look at what pace this generation is growing up with, peoplewould think you are an illiterate "Behenji" 😆

English is my favourite language too!

In that case, shouldn't only english medium schools be allowed?

Whats the purpose of regional schools if it is not gonna make the students competitive?

Govt needs to do a rethink and focus more on spoken english in its school

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TVD-IANcrazy

@TVD-IANcrazy

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Posted: 11 years ago

First thing first...I just loved ur abbreviations for both Sanam and Aahil 🤣 awesome. and now important topic...English has become widely used language in India...u need to know English if u have to excel in different fields but it doesn't give u the 'character certificate' of a person...and I don't understand this thing, Sanam was working as a waitress and how many waiters know fluent English??? some 5-star or 7-star hotels/motels may have English speaking waiters but not every restraunt...and the public out there are ordering in English...it's good if u know English but u cannot start blabbing anywhere with anybody...people have mentality that if u don't know English u'll be pushed behind and treated as inferior and that's kinda true in present world...but not everyone can learn English living in some rural areas...so we should respect the person not the language 😊 and I must say SJ is doing brilliant job portraying such character.

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Go4welkin

@Go4welkin

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Gita! A very thought provoking post with 2 different discussion points.

I personally believe that knowing more than one language is a good thing as it gives you a better reach in communication. Specially in country like India where there are regional languages, for example in south India hindi is not that popular and each state has its own distinct language and english is used to communicate when people travel to a state that speaks a different language other than their native language.

Extinction of language is a total different discussion point but again learning English does not necessarily mean extinction of local language, I live abroad and English is official language here but I still speak in my mother tongue with my relatives, well I accept that when I am talking in my mother tongue I tend to use good amount of English words but I am speaking my language despite living in a country where it is not a widely used language. I think extinction is more due to lack of usage of language due to lack of opportunity to speak the language over generations. In India, I guess one have several situations where one must use local language such as bargaining with vegetable vendors, cab/ auto drivers, maids and ethnic social gatherings etc.

Corporate world choose people with good English as they may have to deal with people with different language backgrounds and not knowing English may hinder the person's ability to communicate in corporate world which is more global in nature. I understand that hindi medium students too should get opportunity to succeed but getting corp job alone is not definition of success. They can get in to fields that are looking for language experts such as language teaching or writing articles or books in local language or literature or language translation or hospitality businesses that need more local language touch.

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