tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10951659.post284885580156100833..comments2023-05-11T15:54:46.183+05:30Comments on Little Shop of Random Thoughts: The Angst and Anguish of an English-patientKrishna Kumar. Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10562252516411763929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10951659.post-8530786132106152142009-11-15T22:55:54.735+05:302009-11-15T22:55:54.735+05:30dear (sir)KK,
I hardly expect a return visit (let...dear (sir)KK,<br /><br />I hardly expect a return visit (let alone think of not having had one from your end for a while!). No issues on that.<br /><br />And you are right prolly: we all have a certain duty to perform (rather than merely discharge) and I am preparing for mine. Cheers, happy week :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10951659.post-47776973736977857732009-11-15T20:29:18.057+05:302009-11-15T20:29:18.057+05:30Dear Srini
you know what. Every time I write a po...Dear Srini<br /><br />you know what. Every time I write a post I cringe at the thought of a response or comment from you simply because I am not as regular or even a frequent visitor to your shores as you are to mine. And you always take pains to leave detailed footprints. Do accept my apologies. I do find getting time to surf the blog world difficult these days. Hopefully January upwards when my 10th and 12ths go into hibernation, I would have time on hands to visit you and several others who Follow My blog.<br /><br />To reply back atcha... yes, we do have to constantly try to keep our English up and going. Any skill for that matter that could be contributive to others and hence indirectly to the welfare and growth of our nation. The gen-xers hardly think of anything beyond themselves and their tunnel-vision for what they want. Sometimes what they want is in the ultimate picture - if only they sleep over their desires and decisions long enough to objectify - not even a dying necessity. Yet they jump into life and seek things. The sense of community contribution is gone.<br /><br />Teachers too these days are not of the same sterner stuff they used to be when I was a student. Accepted, lifestyle changes are the cause, still, the spirit HAS grown weak. The dominant will has become a matter of fleshly existence, where pain and hurt gets to people soon. And we tend to take the easy way out saying why if the reason for man's existence is to live life to the fullest must I take the tough path!<br /><br />But, we are the last of the mohicans, to use a figure of speech. Keep on, you too, at it and someone may get inspired through you, we have a duty to do!Krishna Kumar. Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562252516411763929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10951659.post-8424007322052093262009-11-14T09:34:45.722+05:302009-11-14T09:34:45.722+05:30A very thoughtful post sir KK. And need I say my d...A very thoughtful post sir KK. And need I say my desire to sharpen my own prose almost doubles or trebles whenever I read stuff from your end!!!??? Kudos and applause for it.<br /><br />There are several strands here but let me speak to only those which come to mind instantly after having read the post.<br /><br />I was off the blog world for a while too having come to understand that it had become too random. I thought it was peer pressure, a creation of associations with people closer to my age or in fact less. But that is just a convenience. Now I am bent on returning to be discreet and post only things that really animate my thoughts and concerns.<br /><br />Your perspective on the possibility of India losing its English-edge as it were is well thought out. In fact, despite the gusto with which I use the Queen's Language I am hardly ever touch with its holistic socio-political implications. In that sense this post was an eye-opener!<br /><br />Coming to Slumdog Millionaire... I think I told this to you before (I am not too sure): I thought the whole thing was "stuffed" too as most awards generally are. While it did not treat my thoughts to such objective bluntness in word as you have done, I totally agree with your take on the white-back lickers. But I am not too surprised with the Gen-X reaction being, at least in age, close to them although I guess age should not count to anything significant essentially.<br /><br />The dwindling standards of English among teachers, let alone students, are a genuine cause of concern not just for anyone who has a stake in the language but also for all those who want to see themselves, their society and country in the top floors of the modern global edifice. And I have never given much to Dravidian politics. Even their anti-other-language slogans have essentially been vote bank ruses rather than statements coming out of clear convictions. I think the day DK was splintered to become DMK (and then its offshoots) something about the hue and cry was lost. Anyway, all that is known and very well documented.<br /><br />A great way to start the day sir KK. While you may not be frequent I fathom from the message you sent across, I do hope we have more stuff to read from you during the remainder of this year as well as through the next. And I am sure you in your own way are contributing to the English language at school. Sometimes, it is only our part in making the difference that we can ensure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com