To agree with Amitabh Bachchan English is very Phunny (or funny) language. A language which has greatest number of literature works happening (or happened) has serious scarcity of generalized language rules, e.g. how to spell a sound or how to pronounce a word. There can half a dozen different ways to pronounce one sound. Similarly … Continue reading What’s wrong with your name?
Category: Education
ನನ್ನ ಓದುವ ಹುಚ್ಚು
ನಾನೂ high school ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೆ, ಎಲ್ಲರಂತೆ. ಅದೊಂದು ಹಳ್ಳಿ ಬಾಳಿಲ ಎಂದು. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜನಾವಾಸದಿಂದ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ದೂರ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದಲ್ಲೇ ನನ್ನ ಈಗಿನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹುಚ್ಚನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು. ಕೈಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕ ಪುಟವನ್ನು ಓದುವುದು, ಏನಾದರೂ ಗೀಚುತ್ತಾ ಇರುವುದು etc.etc. ಎಲ್ಲ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರೂ creativity ( ಸೃಜನ ಶೀಲಾತೆಗೆ ) ಗೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಒತ್ತು ಕೊಡುತಿದ್ದರು. ನಾನೂ ನನ್ನ ಚೆಡ್ದಿ ದೋಸ್ತು ಮಂಜು ಮತ್ತು ಕೆಲವರು ವಿಪರೀತ ಪ್ರಸಂಗೀಗಳು ( ಇದು ಅಧಿಕ ಪ್ರಸಂಗೀ ಗಿಂತಲೂ ಮೇಲೂ ). ಒಬ್ಬರ … Continue reading ನನ್ನ ಓದುವ ಹುಚ್ಚು
Since it is written in books
purAnamityeva na sAdhu sarvam , na chApi kAvyam navamityavadyam santaha parikshatart bhajante, muDhah parapratyayena buddhihi पुरणमित्येव न साधु सर्वं न चापि काव्यं नवमित्यवद्यं | सनः परीक्श्तरत भजन्ते मूढः परप्रत्ययेन बुद्दिः || - Unknown Can be interpreted as : Concepts need not be valid just because they are told in books (holy books especially ;-))), mythologies … Continue reading Since it is written in books
Effects of Colonization on Indian Thought
Whenever I roam I around Chennai streets I see some school uniforms, are "sari"s. which is very rare to see. I was wondering when and how did we migrate form some thing Indian to some thing which is not , sari to mini skirts. How come our schools look exact replica of an European school. … Continue reading Effects of Colonization on Indian Thought
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