Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday, 1 November 2010

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A “ GODDESS “ ?

To worship the “ Goddess “ of English language, citizens of village Banka ( Lakhimpur-Kheri district ), in a remote region of India, have contributed to build a temple for the “ Goddess “ of English language and installed a 3 feet tall statue of the “ Goddess “ !

And this is no ordinary Goddess !

Inspired by the Statue of Liberty, the idol is in the shape of a computer holding a pen, a copy of the Indian Constitution and donning a gown and a hat !

Then adorned the temple walls with symbols / notations / equations of Physics / Chemistry / Mathematics and idioms – proverbs of English language.

Poor villagers of Banka are convinced that they have remained backwards due to their lack of knowledge of English language. No one is ready to even interview them !

They do not want to join the ranks of 38 million unemployed Indian graduates who have registered on 900 + State Employment Exchanges.

Who knows, English could well prove to be a “ Goddess that delivers“!
  
Hemen  Parekh

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