Comments on: The Hindi medium types! http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/ About life online and in Kotgarh & Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. हिमालय की गोद से Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:43:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: NITYIN http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-106 NITYIN Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:39:12 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-106 @Baskkeyz Absolutely agree with your observation @Raman Thanks and welcome mate to the HMT group :) @Varun Knowing you I know, it could only be carpe diem !. At one point of time a cousin who studied at Bishop Cotton, I would simply listen to his accent and then copy this at home. I would read the entire newspaper in his accent :) I think I grew up the fixation of speaking in english very early. @Himanshu This blog is for your generation :) @Baskkeyz

Absolutely agree with your observation

@Raman

Thanks and welcome mate to the HMT group :)

@Varun

Knowing you I know, it could only be carpe diem !. At one point of time a cousin who studied at Bishop Cotton, I would simply listen to his accent and then copy this at home. I would read the entire newspaper in his accent :) I think I grew up the fixation of speaking in english very early.

@Himanshu

This blog is for your generation :)

]]> By: Himanshu Khagta http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Himanshu Khagta Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:29:03 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-105 Nice One I'm forwarding the link to all my PST friends. Hope they'll learn something. Nice One

I’m forwarding the link to all my PST friends. Hope they’ll learn something.

]]> By: Varun http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Varun Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:14:26 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-101 I am from a so called convent school, where took pride in speaking in Hindi in the school campus. It was carpe diem ! against the school authorities for passing an order to speak only in English language ... so guess HMT is something which I would love to subscribe to. Somehow being educated in English gets me in odd situations too. Work in Shimla involves speaking to people in rural areas and it becomes difficult to put my opinion in public meetings. Something which makes me fee quite odd. Then while we were kids, you had cousins coming from defence background who would speak only in english with their parents and here I was finding myself speechless in most of such conversations. I am from a so called convent school, where took pride in speaking in Hindi in the school campus. It was carpe diem ! against the school authorities for passing an order to speak only in English language … so guess HMT is something which I would love to subscribe to.

Somehow being educated in English gets me in odd situations too. Work in Shimla involves speaking to people in rural areas and it becomes difficult to put my opinion in public meetings. Something which makes me fee quite odd.

Then while we were kids, you had cousins coming from defence background who would speak only in english with their parents and here I was finding myself speechless in most of such conversations.

]]> By: Raman Sharma http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Raman Sharma Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:59:41 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-100 very interesting article... I'm also one of HMTs ;) very interesting article… I’m also one of HMTs ;)

]]> By: d sinner http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-71 d sinner Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:51:18 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-71 nice one! Kids in Shimla have (I feel) become concerned only about fashion and maybe such typically stupid things! About english and hindi, it is a shock that these kids don't know hindi actually, neither are they asked to learn it (except by their hindi teacher of course) the trend I would say started when I was in school (say about 4-5 years back) and I've noticed how it has grown. What they don't understand is that Hindi is a language too and there is nothing wrong in becoming fluent with it. P.S- ask any student currently in tenth to spell a few words of hindi or write...and i bet he/she would do a lotta mistakes! nice one!

Kids in Shimla have (I feel) become concerned only about fashion and maybe such typically stupid things!

About english and hindi, it is a shock that these kids don’t know hindi actually, neither are they asked to learn it (except by their hindi teacher of course)

the trend I would say started when I was in school (say about 4-5 years back) and I’ve noticed how it has grown. What they don’t understand is that Hindi is a language too and there is nothing wrong in becoming fluent with it.

P.S- ask any student currently in tenth to spell a few words of hindi or write…and i bet he/she would do a lotta mistakes!

]]> By: basskeyz http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-70 basskeyz Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:03:32 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-70 Bahut acha likha hai..dost. You know this thinking permeates even beyond school..bhaia IIT/IIM mein pade ho to tej hoge..nahi to pata nahi. So much so that people who don't make it to these institutes after they tried for it actually feel bad. Hey I personally know people who are intelligent no matter where they got their education...your school helps in your education but is not the only place for your education (in fact if it is..you are in trouble) Bahut acha likha hai..dost.
You know this thinking permeates even beyond school..bhaia IIT/IIM mein pade ho to tej hoge..nahi to pata nahi. So much so that people who don’t make it to these institutes after they tried for it actually feel bad.
Hey I personally know people who are intelligent no matter where they got their education…your school helps in your education but is not the only place for your education (in fact if it is..you are in trouble)

]]> By: NITYIN http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-69 NITYIN Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:17:39 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-69 @Cuckoo Thanks! I read your comments on the other message.. Thanks again!! @Goli Even now, there and their, apni samajh se bahar hai :) @Unmukt Yes, this is what I wanted to say. Sorry if it has sounded like PSTs bashing but when two adults have a complete understanding, HMT & PST does not matter. @Adnan I remember, we HMTs type here in Himachal had an option to learn one additional language in standard ix and x and it used to be either Urdu or Punjabi. So technically we HMTs are more proficient (read literate) and able to read and write one additional language where as our PSTs counterpart can't even write English with proper grammer nor can they speak correct English without rendering words of Hindi. @Cuckoo

Thanks! I read your comments on the other message.. Thanks again!!

@Goli

Even now, there and their, apni samajh se bahar hai :)

@Unmukt

Yes, this is what I wanted to say. Sorry if it has sounded like PSTs bashing but when two adults have a complete understanding, HMT & PST does not matter.

@Adnan

I remember, we HMTs type here in Himachal had an option to learn one additional language in standard ix and x and it used to be either Urdu or Punjabi. So technically we HMTs are more proficient (read literate) and able to read and write one additional language where as our PSTs counterpart can’t even write English with proper grammer nor can they speak correct English without rendering words of Hindi.

]]> By: Adnan http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Adnan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:12:24 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-68 Good one. That's typical Indian middle-class hypocrisy. Ghulamana zehniyat ka suboot. But that's true, English speaking guys and gals always have it easy in career and everywhere else. Even if they have poor IQ and the HMT has better understanding of his subject. Good one. That’s typical Indian middle-class hypocrisy. Ghulamana zehniyat ka suboot. But that’s true, English speaking guys and gals always have it easy in career and everywhere else. Even if they have poor IQ and the HMT has better understanding of his subject.

]]> By: उन्मुक्त http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-61 उन्मुक्त Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:39:36 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-61 मैं भी हिन्दी मीडियम टाईप हूं और मेरी पत्नी भारत के जाने माने अंग्रेजी स्कूल से - पब्लिक स्कूल टाईप। पर हमारा रिशते में कोई कमी नहीं। शायद जिनको अपने पर विश्वास नहीं होता वे ही इन सब की चिन्ता करते हैं। मैं भी हिन्दी मीडियम टाईप हूं और मेरी पत्नी भारत के जाने माने अंग्रेजी स्कूल से - पब्लिक स्कूल टाईप। पर हमारा रिशते में कोई कमी नहीं। शायद जिनको अपने पर विश्वास नहीं होता वे ही इन सब की चिन्ता करते हैं।

]]> By: Goli http://www.nityin.com/2008/07/the-hindi-medium-types/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Goli Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:02:26 +0000 http://www.nityin.com/?p=80#comment-60 You forgot to mention dairy and diary, this is one eternal confusions that I always had till few years back. I could entirely relate to your post. All the teachers in my school used to teach in Hindi, and I remember having written on one of my random notes during school that, "Today we have new English teacher, and she teaches in English". You forgot to mention dairy and diary, this is one eternal confusions that I always had till few years back. I could entirely relate to your post.

All the teachers in my school used to teach in Hindi, and I remember having written on one of my random notes during school that, “Today we have new English teacher, and she teaches in English”.

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