And The Best One
Friday, July 24, 2009
Not by mother tongue alone
The Supreme Court
has struck a much needed blow
against linguistic parochialism
by opposing the Karnataka government's
move to make
Kannada
a compulsory medium
of instruction from Classes I to IV.
Instead,
it has upheld the importance of
learning English in a world dominated by
this supposedly 'foreign' language
although it is recognised as one of
India's 17 national languages.
The court has also advised
the state government to leave the matter to the parents,
who are prepared to pay
'Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 for getting
their children admitted in English-medium schools'.
One of the reasons
given by the apex court in favour of English
is that inadequate command over it
will prevent the students
from getting
'even clerical posts'.
It is this lesson that persuaded
the West Bengal government
to overturn its earlier decision to focus
on the mother tongue up to Class VI
as it found that Bengalis could not secure
any worthwhile employment outside the state.
Yet, such is the attraction of playing
the provincial card that
Mulayam Singh Yadav
wants a ban on English
while the Senas of both
Bal and Raj Thackeray are known
to have beaten up people in Mumbai
who could not speak Marathi.
The Karnataka government,
too, is clearly in favour of such
narrow-minded sub-nationalist ploys.
Unfortunately,
there have also been instances
where cinema halls have been attacked
in Bengaluru
for not screening Kannada films often enough
and
a railway recruitment centre was recently targeted,
a la Raj Thackeray's goons,
for not employing only sons of the soil.
Even as politicians try to derive mileage
by a display of their professed love for the mother tongue
— Mulayam Singh Yadav asked
Jairam Ramesh in the Lok Sabha
a few days ago to speak in Hindi —
the students themselves are capable of
learning more than one language at an early age.
Nor is it true that their
'intellectual and cultural development'
depends only on learning the mother tongue
in their formative years,
as the Karnataka government's counsel has argued,
because it is mainly the environment at home and at school
which fosters such development.
No one will call the rampaging
Shiv Sainiks
cultured despite their fluency in Marathi.
While it should be left to the parents and the
schools to decide on the medium of instruction,
it is the three-language formula
— mother tongue,English and another language —
that is most suitable for India.
1. One GOOD way to REDUCE Alcohol consumption :
2. A man got 2 wishes from GOD. He asked for the Best wine and Best Woman.
3. Let us be generous like this : Four Ants are moving through a forest.
4. Why Government do NOT allow a Man to MARRY 2 Women. Because per Constitution, you can NOT PUNISH TWICE for the same Mistake. 5. Question : When do you CONGRATULATE someone for their MISTAKE.
Before Marriage - Drink whenever you are SAD
After Marriage - Drink whenever you are HAPPY
Next moment, he had the Best Wine and Mother Teresa next to him.
Moral : BE SPECIFIC
They see an ELEPHANT coming towards them. Ant 1 says : we should KILL him.
Ant 2 says : No, Let us break his Leg alone. Ant 3 says : No, we will
just throw him away from our path. Ant 4 says : No, we will LEAVE him
because he is ALONE and we are FOUR.
Answer : On their MARRIAGE.
Sardar: My mobile bill how much?
Call centre girl: sir, just dial 123to know current bill status
Sardar: Stupid, not CURRENT BILL my MOBILE BILL.
Sardar: I think that girl is deaf..
Friend: How do u know?
Sardar: I told I Love her, but she said her chappals are new
Teacher: Which is the oldest animal in world?
Sardar: ZEBRA
Teacher: How?
Sardar: Bcoz it is Black & White
Sardar: Miss, Do u called 2 my mobile?
Teacher: Me? No, why?
Sardar: Yesterday I saw in my mobile- "1 Miss Call".
Judge: Don't U have shame? It is d 3rd time U R coming to court.
Sardar to judge: U R coming daily, don't U have shame?
Question: "Should Women have Children after 35?"
Smart Sardar Replied: "No!
35 Children R More than Enough!!"
Sir: What is difference between Orange and Apple?
Sardar: Color of Orange is orange, but color of Apple is not APPLE.
Sardar attending an interview in Software Company.
Manager: Do U know MS Office?
Sardar: If U give me the address I will go there sir.
Sardar in airplane going 2 Bombay .. While its landing he shouted: " Bombay ... Bombay "
Air hostess said: "B silent."
Sardar: "Ok. Ombay. Ombay"
Sardar got a sms from his girl friend:
"I MISS YOU"
Sardarji replied:
"I Mr YOU" !!.
Sardar: Doctor! My Son swallowed a key
Doctor: When?
Sardar: 3 Months Ago
Dr:Wat were u doing till now?
Sardar: We were using duplicate key
Why Sardar opens his lunch box in the middle of the road???
Just 2 confirm whether he is going to or coming back from the office....
After finishing MBBS, Sardar started his practice. He Checked 1st Patient's Eyes, Tongue & Ears By Torch & Finallly Said:
Torch is okay
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