Our language is as great as our own mother

 

Our language is as great as our own mother..

I have to defend my own language..

I learnt my first letters in Malayalam..

And She has carried me to this level..

Most of the PIs or Palakkad Iyers in Kerala may not be able to read or write Tamil... they just speak a Tamil of sorts..

.However, an Iyer in Kerala has grown with Malayalam for almost thousand years.

For us, Tamil and Malayalam are for us like Devaki and Yasodha.. But cannot say which is Devaki and which is Yasodha.

Moreover the distinction is not necessary.

We are having two mothers.

And the mother Vidya manifests herself as Akshara and Aayudham.. without these two her children cannot live a wholesome life..

Aayudham means any implement and include weapons too,,

Anyway all work implements are Aayudhams..

Study of Language

" I think accuracy, lack of spelling errors, grammatical purity and such issues are of cardinal importance in any language learning session..

Any language, be it English, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Hindi or Tamil or for that matter any medium used as  means of communication, is beautiful,

and is, or at least should be, very close the heart of the lover of of that language and other languages too.

Correctness and propriety in usage should take precedence over ornamentation.

Precsion and chasteness  are unavoidable.

Ornamental language - rather capacity of a writer   to apply  properly  embellishments like alankarams, praasams etc ,

is a special gift from god,

granted in abundance only to a handful.

Therefore,if one starts flowery decoration to the language(s) when the basics are with inherent cracks, it is not good for a learner of any language.."

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For a brahmin or Varni Hindu, mantras and prayers in Sanskrit, even if the worshiper does not understand the meaning, makes him feel more comfortable..
For a Christian Latin or Aramese or Hebrew or Syrian may mean the same, and for a follower of Islam Arabic gives confidence..
If that is so, no harm in using those languages..

Form often takes precedence over content..

There was great murmur when Tamil was introduced as a medium for archanas in temples all over Tamilnadu..

Our own minds have different strata of thinking..

 The same mind conceives things differently at different levels,,

The ordinary day to day affairs like physical routines, interaction with family and friends etc are dealt with in an easy state of mind.. No strings attached

When it comes to religion, most of us cannot think of religion without ritualistic and traditional methods..
For example, just now, I have collected a lot of flowers for pooja, and I would be performing pooja to various deities at home using Sanskrit as the medium with parts from Vedas and agamas as the means of communication with God.. The God, in this case is symbolically represented some small statuettes or metallic pieces, worshiped over decades, and the rational in me knows that they are just metal and stone pieces..
But I give them bath, anoint them with sandal paste, decorate them with flowers offer dhoopam, deepam, Naivedyam, Karpoora Harati and so on and prostrate before the idols in ultimate supplication, and even apologize to them for any defects that could have occurred during pooja..
I worship the water in a Kalasham and Shankam praising the waters as ganga, yamuna, godavari, Saraswathi, narmada, sindhu and kavery, all the seven Ocean, rigveda, yajus, sama and atharvana and so on..
Is there any rational basis for it.. ? No.

But then that is a means of communication and thanksgiving from me to my Maker.. 

Basically there is nothing wrong in it.

Then there is the third stage, where we are having intellectual discussions.. For an intellectual, many rituals are of little importance.. We are not wrong in feeling that way too

Our minds are complex, and our faith is still more complex.. There can be contradictions.. that is okay.. We need not be apologetic about it..

But then we need not be assertive and say that rituals are the be all and end all..

wonderful language

In Tamilnadu, there is a well known person by name, Mr. Jeppier, Chairman of Sathyabama deemed university and some more self financing colleges, always speaks in English. That college students have collected & published a book by name "Jappier's Spoken English"
.... Njoy ...........with his..............English..............
Now, here are some classic English sentences from the great "Jappier's Spoken English"

# At the ground:
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All of you stand in a straight circle.
There is no wind in the balloon.
The girl with the mirror please comes her...{Means: girl with specs please come here).

# To a boy, angrily:
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I talk, he talk, why you middle middle talk?

# While punishing students:
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You, rotate the ground four times...
You, go and understand the tree...
You three of you stand together separately.
Why are you late - say YES or NO .....(?)

# Sir at his best:
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Sir had once gone to a film with his wife. By chance, he happened to see one of our boys at the theatre, though the boy did no t see them.
So the next day at s school... (to that boy) - "Yesterday I saw you
WITH MY WIFE at the Cinema Theatre"


# Sir at his best inside the Class room:
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Open the doors of the window. Let the atmosphere come in.
Open the doors of the window. Let the Air Force come in.
Cut an apple into two halves - I will take the bigger half.
Shhh...Quiet, boys...the principal JUST PASSED AWAY in the corridor
You, meet me behind the class. (Meaning AFTER the class..)
This one is cool >> "Both of u three get out of the class."
Close the doors of the windows please. I have winter in my nose today...
Take Copper Wire of any metal especially of Silver.....
Take 5 cm wire of any length....

Last but not the least some Jeppiar experiences ...

Once Sir had come late to a college function, by the time he reached, the function had begun, so he went to the dais, and said, sorry I am late, because on the way my car hit 2 muttons (Meaning goats).

At Sathyabama college day 2002:

"This college strict u the worry no .... U get good marks, I the happy, tomorrow u get good job, jpr the happy, tomorrow u marry I the enjoy"

At St. Josephs college of engineering fresh years day 2003:

"No ragging this college. Anybody rag we arrest the police "

VERY IMPORTANT : ok enjoy this English, but dont forget your English !!!