On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Vamsee Kanakala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > >> the biggest hindrance to Tamil medium students is that they are afraid of >> people making fun of them for trying to learn english. An atmosphere created >> by politicians who keep insisting that Tamil be medium of instruction (while >> making sure that their children/grandchildren study in english medium). >> > > Well, let me get my rant in too. When I first moved to Chennai, I was taken > aback by the fact that _none_ of the bus stops have any signs in English! I > mean, come on, you love your language and all, all power to you, but why > trouble poor outsiders by not even writing the damn bus stop name in > English? > > I see the same problem with the traffic cops - they put up these huge > boards with instructions on changed directions _only_ in Tamil! I'm all for > native language lovin', but this is ridiculous. > > V. > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe > <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > Vamsee, Do you really think bus stop names are written in "English" in Bangalore (or) Hyderabad (or) for that matter in the NCR? I dont think so. I however agree with you about traffic signs only in Tamizh. I hope that at the least they would have marked the proper traffic symbols along with the instructions. As for knowing the bus stop name...You could just ask people in the bus stop for the name of the stop while waiting to board a bus and I believe the conductor in the bus always shouts the name of the stop at every bus stop, for you to get down at the correct stop. I know for a fact that situation is even worse in places like Delhi. Bombay is different because of the fact that some huge percentage of the population in that city is from outside maharashtra and hence all things "English" is a given. -- Thanks, Senthil _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
