To me, Mother Language is a part of my identity. That is most probably the first thing we learn as a child and the first medium of knowledge……..
what Telugu/bengali(my mother tongue) means to me…
It’s a language I feel connected to. Even though it has been completely influenced and I can bet there is no single person who can speak pure Telugu/hindi/bengali/malayalam, but it still doesn’t mean we have lost it.
మాతృ భాష నా గుర్తింపుకు ఒక భాగం
It has the same charm, affection and a sense of belongingness. I particularly feel that it is much more intelligent than English. Yet still, I am not obsessed with it. As far as someone talks with me in language I am comfortable with, it’s cool with me
Take pride in your mother language- be it Bengali,telugu, malayalam,Assamese, Tamil, Telegu, kannada,Marwardi, Bhojpuri or any of the 1000+ that we have in our country; take pride in the diversity; use the language whenever you’re in your homeland. But at work, we all will mostly be using English.
4 THE RURAL INDIA 