Today we all know how
Punjabi mother-tongue and Gurmukhi script is being undermined in its own
home- Punjab. Signs in the capital city of Punjab are in English and or
Hindi, with Punjabi nowhere to be seen. Punjabi singers who made money
from Punjab singing Punjabi, have now made a u-turn and turned their
back to Punjabi. Schools in Punjab are fining children for speaking
Punjabi. Families are replacing Punjabi with Hindi, thinking Punjabi
sounds too common.
All languages are respect-worthy and the more
languages one can speak the better it is. However, lets not turn our
back on our mother-tongue. The day we break away from Punjabi and
Gurmukhi, we will break away from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. It is sad
that many children in Gursikh families struggle to put a sentence
together and have a flowing conversation in Punjabi- you can’t blame the
government or RSS for that! Then people make excuses that they are born
abroad or 3rd generation. Sorry- but Pakistani families 3rd generation
in UK speak fluent Punjabi.
We might not be able to do much on a big
level, but at least save Gurmukhi and Punjabi with our families and be
proud to be speak Punjabi with fellow Gursikhs.
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