Padaki, Vijay
(2009)
Language, education and social development- remembering David Horsburgh.
Learning Curve (13).
pp. 27-31.
Abstract
The invitation for an article in Learning
Curve came at a time when the subject of
Karnataka's “language policy” was in the
news once again. For a subject to retain the value of
topicality it must reappear in cyclical bursts, make its
presence felt aggressively in many directions, exhaust
itself, and retire to its quarters until its next
appearance. Other topicalities must be given their
cyclical turns - nature vs. nurture in intelligence,
elimination vs. rehabilitation of street dogs,
reservation vs. merit in public institutions and so on.
Not too long ago the games and pastimes of children
too followed cycles of appearance, with tops, seven
stones, kabaddi, kites and gilli danda following the
laws of seasonality. One cannot help wondering about
the cyclical nature of our engagements. There must be
a scientific explanation lying there somewhere,
waiting to be discovered.
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