Hundred five

Languages are fun. I can’t learn new languages in a short time. Still, I learnt two languages during the past 20 years staying in Mumbai, Hindi and Marathi. Now I can understand the intricacies of these languages like tone, accent, flow, etc. But more to learn. Whenever I hear a good orator, I am awestruck by his/her flow of language, usage of words and the way present in a crisp and precise manner. I don’t want to learn to talk such as TED. I want to learn to talk like Abraham Lincoln. Too ambitious, isn’t it?

Eighty three

ಯೋಚನೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಒಂದು ಕಷ್ಟದ ಕೆಲಸ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರೆಯದೆ ತುಂಬಾ ದಿನಗಳಾದವು. ಓದಲು ಸುಲಭ ಆದರೆ ಬರೆಯಲು ಕಠಿಣ. 

I tried to write a few things in Kannada. Google has improved transliteration to a great extent. This gives me encouragement to write more in Kannada. In spite of reading and writing English from the past 30 years, I should say I have little or no grip on English. The effortlessness and fluency in Kannada is a different level. I have done all kind of courses, read many books and wrote many things in English. Still, I don't think I have command on this language. All I achieved is that now I can read English and appreciate a good writer. I can make out good and bad writing but I can't say why good is good and bad is bad.