Walking Un-coded!
Universe resonates with varied sounds and sights. These sounds are not coded like any other known languages.
Can people connect, resonate, and develop understanding beyond any known languages?.
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Fresh Look | Our World |
Story:
Triumphed, I returned from an errand of successful communication. As natural to human nature, I wished to share my experience, sooner the better. And in an elated, light hearten mood,
I exclaimed, “Oh! I feel as if, an expert in sign languages”.
Overhearing me, one of my fellow travelers, responded in a sharp tone,
"Japanese is the ninth, most internationally spoken language”. Then continued, “Download an App to translate into Japanese language”.
Soon a tussle over supremacy of a language was about to brew, if a chance had been allowed.
In an age of several apps available on handy, the suggestion was quite valuable. Contrarily, all do not feel comfortable to use many apps, in spite of knowing the fact, their advantages. Voicing my opinion seemed inappropriate at that time. For showing a difference of opinion in public often reflects ill feelings to one another or about any people or country.
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My first two days had been an ordeal that I faced as if fighting another battle at Waterloo, but on the streets of real Tokyo, while communicating at the shops, railway ticket counter, on a train, giving an order for dinner. Situations had been worse for my inability either in speaking or understanding Japanese language.
But to every traveler's relief , the Japanese people never give up. Being a much aware nation, people here understand language difficulties, that tourists like me face. In such trivial situations, men and women relentlessly continue their efforts, while dealing with the visiting tourists till they see their efforts to make them understand show fruition.
Moreover, Japan is a nation, where people take pride to communicate in their native tongue. When their communications fail, especially to the foreigners; they express through gestures
This reminds me about Isha, my friend, who speaks in Spanish, and I admire her. Learning a language is not easy. Some have knack and ear, so pick up quickly. I am not one of them. Yet then, that does not deter me from admiring any languages of the world, which I don’t know.
Then it came to my mind, years before, one day, at a souvenir shop, Louvre museum, Paris. The lady at the counter spoke to me in crisp French which I didn’t understand. Looking at my baffled face, she smartly switched over, to hand gestures, and, it was not difficult for me, to pick up the cues; what she was trying to say. Once the deal was met we parted with smiles and twinkles in our eyes.
This episode makes me realize how two people from two different poles speaking two different languages , very successfully able to create an understanding, winning over their language barriers.
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Dilemma of choosing languages | Humanity has one language for 'One World' |
Reflection:
These instances make me to ponder over a debate, relevant to current age. What would be the language or languages of the world when the concept of merging the borders is being realized? Would the tendency to conform continue? Or the diversity in languages would be preserved adapting tolerance, thus valuing all diversities, be it languages or other such variations, for real life co-existence?
Lesson Learnt:
In actualizing the concept of ‘Global Village’, or more recent concept,' World As Global Work Place', addressing as ‘I and You’, ‘Mine and Yours’ probably would require giving way to ‘We and Ours’. Then provincialism, nationalism, internationalism which divide people will turn out archaic strategies of a bygone era. Moreover neither any culture, nor any language would be considered superior, or a matter of 'Status Quo'.
This fresh order of ‘Global World’ would lie in encompassing all diversities & developments into one complete whole as ‘The World People In Global Work Place’. Hopefully it will bring in greater joy, creating a new world of global prosperity & abundant global life. More to say, that mutual interests, co-operation, co-existence, co-working hold immense possibilities for all people & the global world to flourish & sustain, defying every testing time over the ages.
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