You said that there is no alternative to mother tongue but sadly today, people are ashamed of talking in their own mother tounge, Why is it so?

Yes, this is a problem. See in independent India we have accepted a foreign language which had actually enslaved us. See, we kept our mother tongue at our school level but if we want to go for higher education, technical education, IIT,IIM then you can do it only in English. In the judiciary only in few states in local judiciary at district level, tehsildar level in 17 courts you can talk in your own language. But in High Court, Supreme Court you cannot do that.

What about IAS examinations? Many really meticulous students who would have qualified if the exams were conducted in the local languages. Your thoughts?

Does even the examination for state public administrative services allowed exams take place in the local language? First we have to start and then can only we tell the UPS. If we donot take our local language forward then who will do it? IAS exams are conducted in 22 schedule languages you can use. Even then the paper of English is compulsory. So basically in all competitive exams atleast a paper in English is compulsory. So without the knowledge of English you cannot go ahead. See there are three levels. Firstly higher education, Secondly competitive exam and thirdly from judiciary to all the government works are being conducted in English language. Until and unless we establish our language in these levels no language of India can flourish. Every parent thinks that after going to college the kid needs to go and study in English then why not make them study in English from the start. At higher level it is English and at lower level there is local language than which person will want to go at a lower level? Everyone would want to go at a higher level . This is the reason.

Why do you think kids these days lack goals ?

Total change is required. The kid must be connected to the society. For this our former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee had said in the meeting of all Vice Chancellors of Central Universities that every university should adopt 10 villages. This be done at all levels of education including school level. See kids are not at fault anywhere. The fault lies in the system. Kids are very sensitive. Example. One place we started our work of social connect. There was a teacher who had taken her child along to this village where we were working. After one month that child’s birthday was there. When the teacher who asked the child what she wanted to do for her birthday? Her reply would astonish you. She wanted to celebrate her birthday in that village. Finally the entire family took lots of food, sweets and went to that village and celebrated her birthday there. So the end point is that we need to guide our children towards the right direction. Then they will definitely connect with the society. 

 

Harsh Jhunjhunwala