On Monday 30 Jun 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On 29-Jun-08, at 9:11 PM, Sri Ramadoss M wrote: > >> this is my experience also - specifically how many people who come > >> from > >> tamil medium (substitute any other Indian language) can write a > >> coherent > >> page of matter in their mother tongue? I have taught many people > >> whose > >> written english was miserably, but their written tamil was as bad > >> if not > >> worse. > > > > each of sharing our own experiences. all can be true. :-) > > > > well, my line of thought was simply in spite of talent, i have had > > friends > > who were ignored or made to put ten/ hundred time more effort to > > attain > > something which is generally felt as success. > > not true - if they have talent they will succeed - I know hundreds of > europeans whose mother tongue is not english and many Indians whose > mother tongue is not english and who have succeeded. Dont forget, > germans for example, study in german medium and succeed. Linus > Torwald's mother tongue is swedish, he studied in finnish medium and > he succeeded. And don't forget all the bengalis who have studied in > bengali medium and have succeeded.
Well said. As the saying goes "Where there is a will there is a way" I personally know a lawyer who represents India in the Int'l Bar Assoc. When he first came to Mumbai, he spoke broken English (mother tongue Gujarati). Today, he is the *top* lawyer on rent act in Mumbai and hob knobs with legal big wigs visiting India. He puts a monthly news letter as well. This applies to any field, including programmers. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
