Hollywood Vs. Bollywood

So basically there are two types of people in the world: the ones who speak english and the ones who don't.


Did you know that "India's first prime minister...declared that English should be replaced by Hindi"? (The Story of English episode 1 - An English Speaking World - Part 2/7) Imagine how weird it would be...

Just think about it for a sec.

K.

Good.

I started off by thinking this documentary was extremely pro-english and didn't give any space to other languages. Then, I started meditating the fact that maybe it used some irony, suggesting that we idolize  English too much and proceed to idealize it afterwords. The thing is, there will always be a globalized language. Two thousand years from now, there will be much more other languages and English will be replaced by another one. Language is constantly changing.

Comparing English with Hindi is not very fair; "English has some advantages over Hindi (The Story of English episode 1 - An English Speaking World - Part 2/7). But also it is because English has had much more impact and adoption of culture in the world. Hindi, on the other hand, deals more with ethnicity and religion, while English doesn't. The documentary shows some well-educated Hindu school girls talking about how "english is also socially desirable" and "[it] represents class"...talking in English. It is such the power of this language (which is solely a language) that it has become a culture. Just because you speak English doesn't mean you are as funny as you are with your native language. 

We must be comfortable with certain language as the lingual power because I don't think we will be able to ever not have one. 

"The Story of English episode 1 - An English Speaking World - Part 2/7" YouTube, YouTube, Aug 27, 2009. Web. Jan 13, 2013