tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post1945335927208281953..comments2023-08-07T16:43:34.477+05:30Comments on the blog formerly known as musings from mumbai: What is your mother tongue?Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-20734262526290491562008-06-19T07:41:00.000+05:302008-06-19T07:41:00.000+05:30choxbox - if you don't know HR, consider yourself ...choxbox - if you don't know HR, consider yourself blessed. <BR/>dipali - it is really my eternal shame. i think i have a friend who in her late twenties conquered tamizh and is now quite proficient in reading and writing and has read many things in original. so, it is more shameful cause its possible to do this... and i just dont... <BR/>i think i like urdu too, i know the urdu names for Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-83155305777368738672008-06-19T07:28:00.000+05:302008-06-19T07:28:00.000+05:30May I join you in cringing and self-flagellation? ...May I join you in cringing and self-flagellation? To my eternal shame,I also find reading in English much more satisfying than reading in Hindi, which is officially my mother tongue but actually my second language. And most of my post-school Hindi reading has been in English. Fortunately there are now some excellent translations available.Yes, I have mainly read Premchand (whom I love) and othersdipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-28187945276645796692008-06-18T20:11:00.000+05:302008-06-18T20:11:00.000+05:30who's this resham guy now? someone i should know?who's this resham guy now? someone i should know?Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-14999853777829899392008-06-18T10:06:00.000+05:302008-06-18T10:06:00.000+05:30well that hardly counts! can they read Munshi Prem...well that hardly counts! can they read Munshi Premchand (or whoever) & appreciate it?<BR/>anyway bollywood lyrics... gawd in heaven. hope its not Himesh Reshammiya.Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271469593304696364.post-36996711392341164902008-06-18T08:35:00.000+05:302008-06-18T08:35:00.000+05:30hey but mebbe thats where bollywood does a great s...hey but mebbe thats where bollywood does a great service - exposes kids to hindi! a friend was saying her son regularly reels off lyrics of film songs when he is asked to make sentences using xyz words!Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.com