It seems we'll soon become a country that needs Hindi/Sanskrit lessons, more than any other country does, to read our very own Indian holy scriptures. Who is going to read them anyway? (Is that what you're thinking?)
I hope we start realizing the importance of our language and be better Indians.
क्या आपने किसी और देश के नागरिक को हिंदी में बात करते सुना है? क्या हम अपनी राष्ट्रीय भाषा को इतना महत्व देते हैं कि और लोग इसे सीखना चाहें? क्या आपको अच्छा नहीं लगेगा जब दूसरे देशों के लोग हमारी भाषा सीखने की कोशिश करेंगे?
अगर अन्य देशों में लोग संस्कृत अथवा हिंदी सीखने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं तो वह इसलिए कि वह हमारे वेद, उपनिषद अथवा अन्य धार्मिक ग्रंथ पढ़ पाएँ, इसलिए नहीं कि हम अपनी भाषा को इस योग्य समझते हों कि वह विश्व स्तर पर बोली या सीखी जाए।
But a majority of us would not even have tried to read any of these books.
People from other countries are taking interest in our culture because many years ago it was really rich and they are trying to make it their own. Why? Because most of us don't take pride in it.
We are still a developing country maybe because along with following trends from other countries, we are not giving importance to our own country in the true sense.
कैसा लगेगा आपको अगर किसी दूसरे देश का व्यक्ति आकर आपसे पूछे की आप अपनी भाषा, अपने देश और अपनी संस्कृति के बारे में कितना जानते हैं?
I don't think a majority of us would know much.
It's funny but shameful that we have already reached a place where we would buy our holy texts translated into English so that we could understand our language.
Wouldn't it be weird for an Indian going to a shop saying "भैया, भगवद् गीता का English version देना"?
It's great to know about other cultures, languages, and trends but not at the cost of our own.
These are some of the questions and thoughts that crossed my mind, some time back. I feel that most of us get so lost in portraying ourselves as people who are well versed in many foreign languages that we forget our national language (which should actually be our forte). But is it?
Thank you, Tanya :)
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