The Importance of English

My First post with the Writer's Lounge and I am damn nervous as I don't think I am much of a writer.It's because of my brand new Blogger Friend Stephen that I am here.So thanxs Stephen it's a huge responsibility which I hope to fulfill.

English is a language that now has a global recognition.Infact,after hindi it is supposed to be the national language of our country.But despite that,only a handful can speak the language the way it should be spoken.The obvious reason for this is that 70 % of India's population lives in the rural part of the country and a fare majority of our population is lower-middle class (if such a term exists).But even if you discard them,there still remain only a handful of them who have a proper command over the language.We,in this cosmopolitan world tend to ignore this particular fact.

I am writing this post for a particular reason.There are these two girls in our class.Both stand 1'st and 2'nd respectively.They are brilliant in whatever they do,be it C- Programming,Technical Quizzes,getting prizes in fests and ofcourse scoring high marks in every semester,and yet they don't seem to get placed in any single company.Now without being judgemental about them,I can only find one reason for their plight.Their Spoken English is well,Pathetic.They seem to eat up their prepositions and conjunctions whenever they speak.But the worst part in all of this is that it is not their fault.They both have studied in a Marathi medium school and then had to make a transition to a "English" driven Junior College.I really feel sad for them.As easy as it might sound to make a transition from Marathi to English,let me tell you it's not !!.I mean the trouble I had to face in learning Marathi in my school,I guess the same trouble these girls might have faced in learning English in a Marathi Medium School.My Friend who volunteers for the Teach India Campaign(http://www.teach.timesofindia.com/ ) tells me how fascinating it is to teach English to the people who don't know it properly.He feels elated when he passes the same knowledge that he learnt from his English Teachers.

I would like to conclude by saying that according to Raj Thackarey,Marathi should be made compulsory in every English Medium College.I Completely support that,Please do....but at the same time kindly also make English more stringent and use it more often in a Marathi Medium School as only the latter will be used to enhance and build India' Future globally and not the former :)