ನಮಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್

ಭಾಷೆ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾಷೆಯ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕವೆನಿಸಿದರೂ, ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗತವಾಗಿ ಅದೊಂದು ಖಾಸಗಿ ವಿಷಯ. ಹಾಗೆಂದೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಸಂವಿಧಾನವು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರಿಗೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗೊಳಿಸಲು, ವ್ಯವಹರಿಸಲು ಅವಕಾಶವಿತ್ತಿದೆ. ಭಾಷೆಯು ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಹರಿವ ನದಿ ಇದ್ದಂತೆ; ಕಾಲ ಕ್ರಮೇಣ ಅದರ ಪಾತ್ರ, ಆಳ, ಹರಿವು ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಾ ಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ; ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿ ಬೆಳೆಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಹಂಬಲಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ.

ವಾಸ್ತವವಾಗಿ, ಇಂದು ನಾವು ಆಡುವ ಭಾಷೆ, ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷಾ ಪೂರ್ವಿಕರು ತಾವು ಉಳಿಸಿ-ಬೆಳೆಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಹಂಬಲಿಸಿರಬಹುದಾದ ಅವರ ಭಾಷೆಯೇ ಅಲ್ಲ! ಅದು ಹಳಗನ್ನಡವೋ, ನಡುಗನ್ನಡವೂ ಅಥವ ಇನ್ನೂ ಹಳತಾದ, ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಹಿಡಿಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿರದ ಯಾವುದೋ ಪ್ರಾಕಾರವಿದ್ದಿರಬಹುದು. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ, ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿನ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಯು ಇಂದಿನ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಪ್ರಾಕಾರವನ್ನೇ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುದಕ್ಕೇ ಯಾವ ಖಾತರಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ!

ಆದುದರಿಂದ ಭಾಷೆಯ, ಸೀಮೆಯ ಗೊಂದಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕದೆ ಸಾಮರಸ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾರ್ಥಕ ಬದುಕಿಗೆ ಈ ಹೊತ್ತಿನ ಅವಷ್ಯಕತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಅನುಸರಿಸುವುದು ಪ್ರಗತಿಪರ ನಿಲುವು. ಈ ಹೊತ್ತಿನ ಅವಷ್ಯಕತೆಯಾದ ಹೊಸಗನ್ನಡ(ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ ಹಳಗನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಕಲಿಸುವುದು ಇಂದಿನ ಅವಷ್ಯಕತೆಯಲ್ಲ) ಮತ್ತು ಭಾರತೀಯ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷನ್ನು( ಅಮೇರಿಕನ್ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಅಲ್ಲ!) ಕಲಿಸುವ, ಕಲಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ನಿಟ್ಟನಲ್ಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ರವೃತ್ತರಾಗುವುದು ಈ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟದ ಅವಷ್ಯಕತೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಯ ಒಳಿತಿಗಾಗಿ ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಈನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಯೋಚಿಸುವುದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಲ್ಲವೆ?

Why doesn't a tiger feed on vegetation sparing all the animals it preys on....?

Going purely by the ways of the nature, life forms have evolved to feed on other life forms for survival. The deer feeds on the vegetation, the tiger feeds on the deer and it goes on and on and we call this, ecological balance.

Man has evolved to feed on vegetation, in its nascent form. In the course of evolution, with passage of time, man constantly is in conflict with the nature and as a result we have reached where we are with our societies, belief systems, science, technology etc., Man has since broken many of his limits imposed by the nature, for his well(?) being, by harnessing the science and technology.

In this way the man has broken the limits of nature on his food habits too. He has developed methods (we may call it ‘technology’) to consume food items, not made for him naturally. This is how he has come to consume meat in a form that is digestible by human digestive system. He cooked the meat to eat; just as he has discovered methods to fly like a bird; swim like a fish and run (with motorcycle of course!) like a cheetah, which are not natural for him. Thus, the Man has been able to break the limits of the nature with his intelligent MIND.

Nevertheless, it is necessary for man to control his endless desire to abuse Nature and other life forms in harnessing science and technology purely for his comfort. He is not the only life form existing on the earth, although his presence is dominant. There is a need to limit himself to preserve ecology, all the life forms and ecological balance. 

A deer has to feed on vegetation, just as a tiger has to feed on an animal; there is no choice. But Man has created a choice for himself; but he need to act more responsibly with compassion for other forms of life as well. He has no choice over vegetation, but has a choice on Non-vegetation. Man need to act more responsibly towards Nature. It is time that we looked at the Nature and harness the science and technology in the ways of the Nature for true well being of the whole life form and the Nature; else we are poised for destruction.

The Religions of the world and their conflicting stand points

It reminds me of proverbial six blind men trying to describe an elephant from one's own perception. These blind men began scripting a discourse on the elephant that they groped and felt in their dark world. Its anybody's guess as what each one would write and claim to be his elephant. This perhaps, is the position of all the religions of the world. The Core issue is plurality and conflicting stand-points of Religions of the world. The purpose of narrating this parable is to understand the means of conflict among the religions of the world and deduce the underlying truth. There can not be plurality in the ways of Creation. As students of science we understand the creation of the Universe, the earth, the life on earth, evolution of Human race, evolution of Human intelligence in a logical frame work and there is no plurality in our understanding. The law of Gravitation is same for people of all the faiths; the anatomy of all Humans is the same irrespective of their faiths! So this brings us to the understanding that these religious conflicts and the bigotry thereof, are the products of plurality of inconsistent, subjective and primitive human thoughts imposed on innocent people of the world as profecies.

This impasse reminds me of KuVemPu's Viswamanava sandesha and his poem ಓ ನನ್ನ ಚೇತನ ಆಗು ನೀ ಅನಿಕೇತನ;..............ನೂರು ಮತದ ಹೊಟ್ಟ ತೂರಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ತತ್ವದೆಲ್ಲೆ ಮೀರಿ,  .........ದಿಗ್ದಿಗಂತವಾಗಿ ಏರಿ....ಓ ನನ್ನ ಚೇತನ....  It inspires man to let his spirit/consciousness to break out of the narow confines of home, religion and country. I think the mankind of the world needs to move in to this broader and unifying mindset. ಈ ಹಾಡನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ....          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Pqy6nz1OE