English Fucking English

The reason this article is in english is because my Nepali writing is comparatively much weaker than my english. Which is true for most of you Nepalese reading this article.

Reason ... I studied in schools where speaking english is promoted and except for nepali all other subjects are in english.

Everything is in english because according to the "WISE ONES" of our country, being literate in english opens a whole new world of opportunities and will eventually somehow speed up the development of the country. Somewhat true ...or is it now?

Let me mention a few countries now: China,Japan,France,Russia. What do you find common in these four countries?

Yes ... they don't speak much english or lets say no english at all.
Are they undeveloped or lagging behind from other countries? Did they use english to get where they are now? I don't think so.

Let me mention another country now ... our neighbours from the other side ...India. Everyone knows how cool the Indians think of themselves when they communicate with their fellow countrymen in English. Have you heard them speak? I find it fucking hilarious when they speak in English with a stupendous Indian accent. They sound and now even look like White people wannabes. Not at all a good sight for a country so rich in culture and with numerous languages of their own. But then, for all I care ...they can all go to hell. :)

Lets come back to our own country Nepal now. If you look around, you will see English everywhere these days, hoarding boards, banners, pamphlets.The funny thing is that they are meant to attract people, most of whom are either illiterate or not good in english. Why do we need to write in English when we have 92 totally different languages to boast of?

Yes, tourist and export-import related businesses need english, which I have no objection towards. But then why on almost each and every little thing that we see these days, ranging from cheap biscuits and noodles (which no English or non-english speaking white fellow will eat unless they are really broke) to large size hoarding boards we see in all major cities. And boy o' boy are we creative in choosing ENGLISH names. ALIVE HOSPITAL, BRIGHT BABY BOARDING SCHOOL and GAYLORD ICE CREAM are top notch examples of the statement I just made.





Forget about our ethnic languages, even our national language is loosing against English when it comes to writing and being used for public displays. I do not mean that English should not be taught at all in schools. I just don't think that all the subjects should be in english medium. Actually there should be only one subject taught in english and that is english itself or maybe mathematics too. But why other subject? Especially History, in which we are learning about our own history in a foreign language!!!

To sum it all up ... I don't think english should be so prevalent in our country. Yes, its good to learn it a little for convenience's sake but not to the extent that our new generation gets even weaker than us in Nepali literature. A tree with weak roots will never stand for long. What good can come being weak in our own language and literature?

If the reason for learning english is economic growth then learning Chinese is a much better option now considering how it has started to dominate world economy without a word of english.

What say my friend? Am I right or am I right ? :)