tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004377243786464071.post439210351211009947..comments2023-09-08T20:01:01.858+05:30Comments on Kolkata Heartbeat: When In Bengal, Speak Bengali With Me PlsssssDebolina Raja http://www.blogger.com/profile/10195496661712239247noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004377243786464071.post-51003876104857047362013-03-14T10:36:18.787+05:302013-03-14T10:36:18.787+05:30Thanks Anne..I'm glad if you found this blog u...Thanks Anne..I'm glad if you found this blog useful in any way. I don't live in Calcutta (Bengal), as you may have guessed, but I do visit sometimes and share my experiences here. In case you have any questions or would like to get in touch, do feel free to reach me at deborummy@gmail.com..All the best! :-)Debolina Raja https://www.blogger.com/profile/10195496661712239247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004377243786464071.post-52985583590638295742013-03-14T00:30:04.092+05:302013-03-14T00:30:04.092+05:30I just found your channel today, I want to start l...I just found your channel today, I want to start learning <a href="http://blog.thehouseofoojah.com/?p=3024" rel="nofollow">complete bengali</a> so I can bridge the gap betwen myself and my developer in india :) thanks very much this is definitely helping!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338996508007420864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004377243786464071.post-73524127541878641442013-02-11T10:16:46.305+05:302013-02-11T10:16:46.305+05:30Avs: Lol...won't call it frustration, but the ...Avs: Lol...won't call it frustration, but the irony is that living away it's kind of a novelty to speak my own mother tongue, and when I'm in Cal, I think everyone would do that. And the exact opposite happens! Blame it on my north-Indian accent, my non-Bong looks or whatever, but the moment I speak Bangla in Cal, I inevitable get replied to in Hindi! Yes, it's commendable that even though their Hindi may be broken, they try and speak it confidently :-)<br />As for not picking up the local language, I'm not sure whether it's rude. I've been living in Mumbai for almost 7 years now, and I can barely speak a few sentences! Though I love languages, I've yet to learn this one....Debolina Raja https://www.blogger.com/profile/10195496661712239247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004377243786464071.post-28907597231963265392013-02-11T07:08:11.159+05:302013-02-11T07:08:11.159+05:30Haha..I can understand your frustration, but I mus...Haha..I can understand your frustration, but I must say I quite commend a Calcuttan's readiness to start conversing in their Hindi (however broken) with a person they perceive as non-native speaker. The same is not true for quite a few other places in India. On the other hand I know numerous people (even friends) with a different mother-tongue than Bengali, who have lived in the city for years together and yet never bothered to pick up the language. I find that kind of behavior quite rude. Avshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121591144826144637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004377243786464071.post-89507354414433753622013-02-01T11:17:22.515+05:302013-02-01T11:17:22.515+05:30What do you mean by 'subject'?? I don'...What do you mean by 'subject'?? I don't live in Calcutta, but everytime I visit, I fall in love with the city in a new way...Just sharing my experiences and thoughts here thats all Debolina Raja https://www.blogger.com/profile/10195496661712239247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004377243786464071.post-66568340301167263522013-01-31T19:36:39.955+05:302013-01-31T19:36:39.955+05:30Is the subject connected with your professional fi...Is the subject connected with your professional field or maybe is it mostly about your leisure and kinds of spending your free time?MyWorldIsOpenhttp://myworldisopen.com/noreply@blogger.com