Its bean a while I started learning French and I am totally loving it.
The thought of learning a new
language struck me when I am in my 11th standard. This is not just a
passing thought, It started this way – I came across a story in Telugu (my
mother tongue) It is not such a great story with respect to content but IT IS
indeed a great story in terms of expression. It is then I understood the beauty
of my language. I started understanding the importance of language, expressing
our views, and how important it is to know the language to express our views
exactly.
Years passed… Never missed an exam
from writing/expressing my point in the best way I could using the weapon
called language J
A couple of years ago, I got back
to my childhood habit of reading. This time I moved from fiction to nonfiction.
This time I didn't just read to understand the content but also managed to
understand the way the author has expressed, how he made us travel deep into his
thought. On the way I came across reading about countries, places, people and
also about travelling. This made me think that language acts as a bridge in
understanding countries, places and people and their culture.
I realized that I was in my own
box of happiness all these years. And my world is so small with very few people
called Parents, siblings, friends. I wanted to move out, I wanted to see world
outside my box and create a new box similar to “Pushpaka Vimanam”
After years, I once again opened
world map, categorized map with cultures, climates, food, birds, flowers and
most importantly developing and developed. I missed out something isn't it?
Yes, Language.
My small love towards language
came out again, I understood that language makes me understand the ingredients
of the map much better. That’s how I ended up in Alliance Francise Bangalore to
learn French.
image source: Google images
image source: Google images
