One Language

Its funny when someone says 'oh you are Indian, you speak very good English. How come you talk to each other in English and not in Indian?' Well honestly, I think I ask question to myself almost everyday (especially after coming to a foreign land).

Its strange how we four, converse only in English and almost nothing else. Our cultural and geographical differences dont let us speak in one language. We dont have a common thread and we are all different drastically from each other, not just the way we talk, but also the way we communicate and the way we look at things. Even with our ages being relatively on the same average, we are very very different people, just from the same country. Thats where it ends.

Having said that, its a pity that we dont talk to each other in the same local language and we take the help of whats here called a 'foreign' language'. Back home too it is a foreign language, but is not treated like one. The creeping in of English in our everyday Indian lives has left us dependent on it and in some way struggling for unity. Personally I feel bad for us, its more of a shame than anything else. I dont mean any offence to anyone or anything. Its a personal opinion.

Globally, every country has its own language and thats what I have seen here as well. The Chinese talk to each other in Chinese only, the Japanese in Japanese only, the French, in French only, iItalians in Italian only, so and so forth. Barring the fact that language, first, is a barrier, it is also something that collects people together and helps them identify themselves. Thats usually a good thing.

Somehow, I still feel uncomfortable that geographical differences are our only cause of such a division.