Let’s Talk!
These
are times when we don’t talk enough. If we want to buy something, we click a
couple of buttons on a website. If we want to communicate with someone, we do
it through pings. If we want to know something, we type it out and find the
information. Even though all this is the way forward and part of our
advancement, why should we leave a great conventional medium behind?
Recently, one of my senior
colleagues lamented that it is easier to reach out to his son through ‘whats app’
than calling out to him when both of them are at their own home. Leave alone
discussions, there is not even chit chat happening at dining tables. Look at
the coffee tables these days at those uber looking cafes. People are looking
down at their tech gadgets while having their cup of coffee. There is no
conversation happening there either.
It is said that a Language and
thereby its use for communication is one of the indicators of the advancements
that we have made as a race. For instance, if you look at a tribal language, it
will not have as many scripts and syllables as the languages that we use. This
evolution happens over a prolonged period of sustained usage of a language. This
might be the reason why there is an inherent tendency for people of different
linguistic groups to sustain their own language. Losing one’s language means
losing a community’s hard earned footprint in the higher evolved bracket. Language
is also a strong thread of the fabric of identity. Each community derives its persona
heavily from its language. This is due to the simple reason that it is the single
biggest differentiating factor for a community to stand out from the larger
crowd.
For languages to sustain and then to
evolve, they need to stay relevant. This relevance comes from it being used for
day to day interactions. When the interactions in itself become minimal, where
is the hope for a language to evolve? Moreover, it is important that we exchange
viewpoints. We need to express, understand and evolve our perceptions. That, I
think is the easiest way to broaden ones thought process and grow as an
individual.
Also,
in this day and age of maddening rush to nowhere and clutter that the comforts
of Life bring along, the best reassurance that you can get and give is by
indulging in a heart to heart conversation.
Let’s talk enough so that we ensure there doesn’t come a time when we are at a loss of words and we fall in to
an abyss of silence.
Arun
Babu
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