Linguistic Slavery of India and Black Money Posted on June 25‚ 2012 by gshah In this article‚ we shall discuss about how the absurd obsession that Indians have for English language‚ is responsible for the sheer poverty and lack of development in India and also lack of creativity among majority of Indians and how the eradication of India’s Black economy will help in solving this problem. The Politics Series 1. How is Black money responsible for Terrorism and crime 2. America is rich because of
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Writing Is Bilingualism an advantage? Ramchandran Guha and Ananthamurthy explore bilingualism in India with their scholarly articles. They argue on bilingualism with two different perspectives‚ giving us the broader picture about the topic of different times and different places. When we talk about bilingualism India is always a first stop‚ this is fact is established by the articles of Guha and Ananthamurthy. Where Anathamurhty is using a personal experience
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Carey became the “Father of Modern Missions” by going to India as a missionary‚ pioneering almost every ministry done on the mission field today. Carey became the following in India: a Bible translator‚ translating or publishing the Bible in 40 different Indian languages; a botanist‚ frequently lecturing on science; an engineer‚ bringing the steam engine and paper production to India; a businessman‚ introducing the idea of Savings Banks to India; a medical student campaigning for the treatment of leprosy;
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up in India‚ I spoke Sindhi (my mother tongue) at home and Hindi with friends but it was mandatory to speak in English at school. It is very common for people in India and many other countries to speak more than one language. Such a multi lingual situation where two languages or language varieties coexist in a society and each has a clear range of functions is known as diglossia. The pioneering scholar of diglossia‚ Charles A. Ferguson‚ summarised diglossia as: a relatively stable language situation
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the `Calcutta General Advertise` in January 1780. In 1789‚ the first newspaper from Bombay‚ the `Bombay Herald` appeared‚ followed by the `Bombay Courier` next year. This newspaper was later amalgamated with the `Times of India` in 1861. The first newspaper in an Indian language was in Bengali‚ named as the `Samachar Darpan`. The first issue of this daily was published from the Serampore Mission Press on May 23‚ 1818. In the very same year‚ Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya started publishing another newspaper
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published monthly in English‚ Hindi & Marathi Language. All research papers submitted to the journal will be double - blind peer reviewed referred by members of the editorial Board readers will include investigator in universities‚ research institutes government and industry with research interest in the general subjects. International Advisory Board Flávio de São Pedro Filho Federal University of Rondonia‚ Brazil Hasan Baktir Mohammad Hailat English Language and Literature Dept. of Mathmatical Sciences
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English language in the national set-up radically‚ or to reduce its role” (1993‚ p. 17). • A. Mahboob: – “No English‚ no future: Language policy in Pakistan” (2002) So what about cultural loss? • A. P. Saleemi: – If so‚ what about the cultural loss that is being talked much about? This is where the process of indigenization of English‚ that has already started‚ sounds legitimate. – It is assumed by many that non-native English is already a de-ethnicized or minimally ethnicized language (1993‚ p
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The Context of Salman Rushdie‚ Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta Rizia Begum Laskar M.D.K. Girls’ College‚ Assam‚ India Abstract: Indian English children’s literature as a distinct branch of literature struggled to find its footing in India. The struggle is interconnected to the problem of the English language itself and the dominance of western children’s literature in India. At the same time‚ the publishing scenario plays a significant role in the development of the literature. Prominent
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The basic premise of any language acquisition is the cultural background that the learner possesses. In this paper in general‚ we will be discussing how the culture of a learner affects his language acquisition specially the corresponding ones. In particular‚ case studies across the countries will be referenced to bring home the point of the importance of a learner’s culture‚ his social background and its direct and indirect influence on the learner. “India has a rich cultural heritage”
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surprise when I reply. ‘It is the normal way people talk in India’. Today‚ English is widely acknowledged as being the ‘lingua franca’ of the modern world. This phrase refers to the adoption of English as the ‘bridging’ language among communities to allow communication between people who do not speak the same language or dialect- making it the leader in education‚ research‚ tourism and the media. However‚ in recent years‚ new competitor languages have emerged to supersede English‚ particularly in multilingual
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