Speakin Out

“Languages known” – I’m sure all of us would have put this as a section in our profiles. What do we gain out of knowing a new language? You tend to have an edge over others when you go to a place where this new language is appreciated, right? What if I tell you a story of a new language that I learnt during my childhood? As a beginner, there was just an urge to learn this new language. What to most of us do in such a situation – IMITATE! I used to imitate people speaking this special language. Thanks to my grandfather who noticed my efforts and recommended my parents to send me for a “beginner’s course”. It was a master at our neighborhood who was my first trainer. While I started, I never imagined that I would love this language so much! The very first statement from my statement was confusing! “You are not supposed to use your tongue to speak this language,” He said. “You must use your hands, legs, body and your face!” As I was still trying to make sense of it, he told me that this ...

There are 2 categories of people in this world. Category 1: We know them and they know us! Category 2: We don’t know them and still they know us! Let us call these category 2 people as strangers. Both these categories can be further divided on the basis on gender! Let us admit it, females of category 2 are real nuisances. How dare they come and handle us, hug and smooch us? Who gave them the authority to do all this? And believe us, these females are truly inconsequential! Those discussions will not take us anywhere and it is the same questions asked over and over again! We like to converse with male strangers, as they don’t “man”-handle us. One striking thing here is that, they have variety in the questions they ask. We love to shake hands with them, give a salute to them and tell our names. On the other hand, if the stranger is a female, we purposefully try to avoid them. Heeee……Once we used to wonder what makes us so famous among strangers. They say we look alike and thus they make...