O God! I'm ashamed to call myself a Hindu Brahmin. It is only today I have realised that my hindi vocabulary is very poor. Those words that I used to use while I was in school seem to have erased completely from my dictionary. Today, when I sit and think about those days, I feel that those were the days when I was actually more sound, full of knowledge and even inquisitive to learn. There was a thirst for learning in me. I am really shocked. All these years, why didn't I feel the need to update my vocabulary? Was it laziness that has kept me away from my own mother tongue? Or was it importance of English language a barrier? Well if the later is the case, I must say, there is a tremendous scope of improvement when it comes to writing something in English. I would not feel reluctant to confess that I am not even good with English too. Yes, I speak relatively good English, but Hindi, I have completely lost touch with my own language.
Why have we started giving importance to English? English, the foreign language has taken its toll on minds of Indian youths. There are several institutes established across the nation that imparts English language training. I haven't yet come across any institute that teaches Hindi. Have you? Look at me. I am talking about the English language in English!!!! Its a pity. We can never change. We can talk. Yes we are good at talking. We are good preachers, including myself, but when it comes to practicing, we are the biggest losers. Even I am one.
