12-10-2007, 10:28 AM
while we are on "history", I hope you are familiar with the history of what we now call "Hindi" ...
my grandma could read Pali and Brahmi ... she thought Hindi speakers were "corrupt newbies" and put more faith in Bhojpuri and Avadhi ...
my grandfather would converse in Sanskrit with my father ... but he also knew Urdu and English ...
<i>Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye </i>... true knowledge is that which liberates ... not which language it is delivered in ...
dissing languages based on one's parochial mindset is hardly enlightened ... <!--emo&
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in fact, I recommend a study of Urdu to enhance some aspects of your appreciation of life and nature ...
my grandma could read Pali and Brahmi ... she thought Hindi speakers were "corrupt newbies" and put more faith in Bhojpuri and Avadhi ...
my grandfather would converse in Sanskrit with my father ... but he also knew Urdu and English ...
<i>Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye </i>... true knowledge is that which liberates ... not which language it is delivered in ...
dissing languages based on one's parochial mindset is hardly enlightened ... <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> in fact, I recommend a study of Urdu to enhance some aspects of your appreciation of life and nature ...