Balle Balle from L.A.
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The world is truly becoming a global village as Indian and all things Indian continue to rule. Awed by India’s growing prowess, the US administration has identified Hindi as one of the "critical need" foreign languages that Americans should learn to further strengthen national security and prosperity in the 21st century
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posted by Unknown at 8:28 PM
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hi machan...
wish you a great new year da!
did u seen this...
http://www.teakada.com/archives/001713.html
romba interesting to read!
i couldn't get a clear idea of how this initiative would help US national security. i could make some guesses though. do you have any thoughts?
@Sateesh : Very funny post da. Loved it !
@Arun : I just feel that this one of those shallow-marketing ploys by the US.
Jay! Jay! Jay! How have you been? And btw, have to tell this in public > You're a very caring, sensitive and beautiful person. I just hope you're surrounded by people who respect that.
amen :)
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my first time here..
Interesting news.. I dont think this would ever happen.. Americans are so proud of themselves, they wont learn any language unless a region of US is dominated by that language-speaking people (like Spanish in South)
Jayan, I am also looking for CIT bloggers da. Yet to get any info.... blogging bug is yet to bite a lot of people in CIT da!
will keep you posted if i found any!
cool blog uve got...cheers
That's codswallop. They think we will communicate in Hindi with a war on them? I have been asked repeatedly if knowing Hindi is helpful in business communication with Indians. I have asserted that we speak English primarily and that seems unbelievable to some of them. The level of stereotyping that the Orient undergoes is ghastly sometimes...
Anyway, its good for the community colleges trying to teach Hindi. And hey, no harm to our national lingo.
PS: The blog is strictly for books. Thanks for visiting.
@Death : Well, I couldn't agree more with you :)
@Raju : Welcome. I agree. For most Yankees, the World ends at Mexico. But, having said that, I have seen many an American being open to anything Indian !
@Satheesh : Ok da. Jojo must have already started blogging ! Dont u think so ?
@Ashok : Thank you. Keep visiting !
@Srihari : I once had an apartment-supervisor in US ask me if I was a 'Patel' from North West India. She remarked that she had learnt 'sabji', 'dal' et al from The Patels !!
jayan..very glad to hear this news...Hoope Tamil gets there too very soon :-)
btw, thanks for ur comments on my blog.., cheers
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