From: "LIJESH KRISHNAN" <lijesh@...>
> Probably very very few as most people will learn to speak their mother
> tongue, if not to read or write in it. But in recent years, most rich
or
> middle class parents in my state and I imagine around the country have
been
> sending their children to English medium schools. I would do the same
as an
> English speaking student would have an advantage when it comes to
looking
> for jobs etc. But some state governments have apparently decided that
enough
> is enough. For example Tamil Nadu has taken the decision to have all
> education upto the fifth standard in Tamil. West Bengal's been
following the
> policy of only Bengali till the fifth since 1978 or thereabouts.
Anyway, a
> case's been filed in Tamil Nadu by a parent who wants to the right to
choose
> the education that his child gets. The argument will be about the
government
> infringing on the democratic rights of its citizens etc. I've always
been
> amazed that countries like France could impose language restrictions
on its
> citizens - like not using the word walk-man. French will always be
what the
> people of France want it to be, and not what the government of France
thinks
> it should be.
So be it. I think the world is soon gonna get tired of English anyway.
If the world was anything like me.
DaW.