Tuesday, July 21, 2009

American "Desi" Accent

Back in San Jose , Me and my roomies were discussing about the India trips and thats when the topic of AMERICAN ACCENT came in. My roomies were saying , ppl will expect us to put up the American accent , expect the american lifestyle etc etc. It was just for fun, nothing serious .Volatile discussions. I am still sketching myself in that yucky figure ... I would surely make a fool of myself .Though it is also possible that people would still imagine some accent in my speaking but who cares...
So I am here thinking about my weird look...that rings alarm bells for me..never to go for anything like that..Gossh...I m saved...!!!!But, I have seen a lot of Desis trying to fake their accent by adding american words , making an ass of themselves. Their true efforts of using that accent in every sentence they speak doesn't impress others at all...At least for me I simply choose to ignore such creatures...No body can become a different person in two, three years...Accepted you are adjusted to a new environment you learn new words ...but the basic tone of speaking your language is a thing that can never ever go away from you...irrespective of how much hard you try...
I dont want to go into the objectionable topics like feeling proud of being Indian and being a patriotic coz I never had such feeling ..But it doesn't mean I feel sorry being an Indian.. its just an inert feeling...but I dont think that coming to any other country nowadays is a big deal..So why have that fake feeling of greatness in first place...?
Why not be the person you are and present yourself the same way.....the benefit of this, I think is you will be respected for who you are and most importantly your loved ones will never feel of you being 'Changed'. For the people who CHANGE , all i say is GET WELL SOON!