this is one of the coolest things...the word 'rab' is inherent to both languages - Punjabi and Urdu...hmmm
was talking to sayed about it...he offers me a cool solution to this linguistic creepiness of our country (im very proud i know only two indian languages...!!and their usage is well-defined)...but he suggests... 'second mother tongue'...
i mean in india, how can you EVEN have a mother tongue???...we know like millions of languages...
three sociological points:
1. this one language thing is part of capitalist epistemology...one ...why one...why one political leaning, why one profession, why one boyfriend? why one God?...why is everything constrained to one!!
2. in india, how can we even think that some language is first mother tongue and another is second...how do we even know???who decides what comes first???
3. helloooo ...mother tongue???..mother...(god this reminds me of something else!hahah)...ok...why is it a mother tongue, coz it comes first??? or is it something that we acknowledge first...i dont know...
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