A lot of shifts happened when I stayed for a week at Ahmedabad ...
One among them had been the dissolution of a fear of non-integration due to language ... I often found people willing to talk in Hindi instead of Gujarati ... Still more, was their acceptance of my broken Hindi ... this fear was incorporated by my Hindi teachers with force ... only to be implemented vehemently in other Metropolis cities that speak Hindi ... a few years back ...
Now, I do know that Ahmedabad is very close to my heart as much as Bangalore and the Netherlands were ... open with language ... Where people know language is but a tool towards communication, there is always growth and connection ... Ahmedabad is now my III home in terms of language ... I have decided to be kind to people who doesn't know my language and simply acknowledge the connection and communication more than anything else ...
A Lot Of Shifts Happened When ...
Posted by
Deepa Natarajan
· Jul 20, 2012
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