Comments on: Blog Mela 2005, Issue 3

By: Kumar

Kumar — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:38:50 +0000

Hello,

I have write a blog on India Pakistan Relations.
Please visit and let me know your views.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:38:07 +0000

I have recently started a new blog (Gujarat News). I am planning to start posting... Please visit it if you get a chance. Gujarat News

By: Siddharth Shah

Siddharth Shah — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:13:30 +0000

I have started Gujarati blog on internet. It is really fun.
Please visit and let me know your views.

http://drsiddharth.blogspot.com

Siddharth Shah

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:30:36 +0000

I agree with you

By: SV

SV — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:51:26 +0000

First ever Gujarati blog

For a long time I was keen on doing something for my language and that led me to start this Guajrati blog. Though it is very hard and tough to write.

If you have time, do visit and share it with your friends.

http://sv.typepad.com/guju/

By: ramya

ramya — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:34:41 +0000

hey,
am a fledgling at blogging. heard of blog mela last time it happened and figured it out by the time this one came up. thanks to Ravages.
just dropped in to say great job!

cheers!

By: Prasenjeet

Prasenjeet — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:31:50 +0000

Prashant: speaking the language of the streets won’t get one very far in Wall Street either. However, yes, the lack of respect Indian languages get (in business and media particularly) is directly related to the lack of power of the societies speaking those languages.

If a Bengali or Gujarati or Tamil speaking society was affluent enough to pervasively use their language everywhere (including higher education) then things would have been different. As things stand, however, the only respect they get is when downmarket TV and cellphone vendors look to localize their wares.

I’ve written about this before, w.r.t computer software — my belief is that because of the aspirational nature of the ‘climbers’ of the Indian middle class, Indian languages will have to content themselves with remaining second-rung in the commerical world, and diminish in influence as English primary education spreads.

By: Prashant Kothari

Prashant Kothari — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:22:45 +0000

This may sound like a stuck record, but really great BBM — one of the posts that really struck a chord was Patrix’s re the arrogance of the English-walas..

Unfortunately, the sad truth is that a person of average ability but with an impeccable public school accent and a strong English vocabulary always makes a better impression than than a person speaking an Indian language (any language) or for that matter, English with a strong accent. True of job interviews, of newscasters, or of corporate CEOs.

By: P.X. Project

P.X. Project — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:33:07 +0000

Thanks for including my post.
Appreciate it a lot.
Cheers.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:53:13 +0000

Prasenjeet,

This is one of the better BBMs I’ve seen. Well done.