Ek bandar ne kholi dukan,
ek bandar ne kholi dukan
aaye grahak bhi kaise mahan,
dekho inki anokhi hi shaan...shaan...shaan...
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You might be wondering that the title of the post does not go along with the beginning of it. Yes. It does not. Actually it does not have to. This is one of the favourite poems of my niece, who is just 1.5 years. While singing this poem to her today, I was trying to teach her what bandar is called in english. Yes, she is a quick learner. I taught her that it is called monkey, and in another second, I was somersaulting. Why? The thought flashed into my brains eye. There's hardly any difference in the spelling of 'monkey' and 'donkey'. The only difference is that of the initial letter. But 'monkey' is called 'mannkee' whereas 'donkey' is pronounced as 'daunkee'. Now just imagine if we have to teach a child both the pronunciation and the spelling, how will we start. If we teach 'monkey' first then 'donkey' becomes 'dunki', and if teach 'donkey' first then 'monkey' becomes 'mongkee'. Isn't it funny? Just as 'Do' is 'duu', so why is 'Go' not 'gu'.
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