Thoughts In A Wandering Mind

                     An important revelation I would like to make from this medium is I had deep respect and affinity towards my mother tongue, a bond which no other language can break. That said, I had been blogging in English since last 12 years which had made me an ambassador for that language since as much time. While I would like to contribute for the growth of a foreign language, I do not intend to do it at the expense of my own mother tongue or any other regional language. It is my helplessness and a gift from God that I am writing in English. Helplessness, because I am not very adept in using any other language. God’s gift, because I am able to communicate in the language which reaches farther and wider. Coming to the point, it can be said that persons like me are killing the native or regional languages by the use of English language. I may not do it alone but I can inspire a group of people who in turn would motivate f...

                  Breaking away from the fortnightly posts, I took a long break since my last column came out. I never intended it that way but I am helpless in this regard. I must confess that these are no ordinary writings and does not happen every now and then as simple as it seems to be. A lot of things need to fall in place and it took a period of five years of work to see the recent series of posts and the aura it created. What I write might be insignificant but the attempt in itself is a big step. There is a difference between insignificant attempt at writing and writing to create an impact. Many people write, but they remain words on paper and mine translate into real world action. The attempt backed by bulldozing work creates impact and not always words. I would have liked to reduce this impact and the levels of risk so that I can be more frequent with penning down my thoughts. But the phenomeno...