this one in for her

“Hey, lets just sit here, I don’t want to sit with him there”. Another child replies as eloquently, “Ok, then, lets just sit here and wait for mom to come and call us for the dinner”. Another young kid started off with this, “Did any of you watch any movies off late? Hey, come here ya! Sit here”. This was a sneak peek of children’s conversation at the marriage. When an elderly lady walked up to them and asked something in Tamil and repeated the same in Kannada, none of the children could really reply for they didn’t know either languages, but their mother tongue is supposedly “Tamil”. What are we really teaching our children? Why is it this lacuna in passing on the traditions? Do we feel inferior when we think that our children can converse in “international language”?? Is it a matter of pride??