On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Vamsee Kanakala <vamlists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
the biggest hindrance to Tamil medium students is that they are afraid of
people making fun of them for trying to learn english. An atmosphere created
by politicians who keep insisting that Tamil be medium of instruction (while
making sure that their children/grandchildren study in english medium).
Well, let me get my rant in too. When I first moved to Chennai, I was taken
aback by the fact that _none_ of the bus stops have any signs in English! I
mean, come on, you love your language and all, all power to you, but why
trouble poor outsiders by not even writing the damn bus stop name in
English?
I see the same problem with the traffic cops - they put up these huge
boards with instructions on changed directions _only_ in Tamil! I'm all for
native language lovin', but this is ridiculous.
V.
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