Dyu & I was having our late lunch at a hotel. Over lunch, our conversations went on cinema, sound, and alot of other banter. After lunch, we were just hanging out talking a lot. The person who sat next to us requested us to stop talking, " Baat mat karo." May be disturbing.
Public
place and etiquette. For a moment, we thought we were loud and almost obliged
his request. Before we even decide, he added, "You can speak in Hindi
whatever you want but don't speak in English."
"Why?"
we asked.
Because I'm against English. Can't tolerate English. Angrezi ko mei goli lagana chahta
hu. Aap
ki basha kya hai?" "Telugu" I said.
"Talk
in Telugu. Even we stay in Madras. I know that language. You can speak in it
but not in English."
We
laughed being dumbfounded by his sheer policing. His demands and absolute lack
of knowledge on what language is spoken in what state and this guy demands us
to stop talking in English.
It's
not about language. I assume. It's about the identity they chose. I'm sure he'd
be sending out his kids to English medium schools. He'd be wishing for his kids
for a great job with more money and work in places where English is spoken. Why
this hypocrisy then?
Leaving
all this aside, if he was disturbed by our loud conversations. Reasonable. But, have a
problem with us speaking English? We'd be spared if spoken Indian language
because it's Indian.
Common,
grow up, big kid. I speak Telugu, he speaks Odiya. I'm not fluent in Hindi. Both
are fluent in English and we converse in a language we're comfortable in at our
own place.
If
public places are also policed by these ignorant people, can't understand what
kind of individuals are we having around us?
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