(074) My Mother-Tongue Malayalam Poem by premji premji

(074) My Mother-Tongue Malayalam

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Between the dents of globalization,
Every local language faces extinction
My mother-tongue is
My real mother
Her name is wonderful
'MALAYALAM'
You read it from eitherside,
She is the same
People call it spoonerism
I love to call it wonder

'Tamil: ' Her mother is virgin
'Sanskrit: ' Her father, an ascetic
Just under half percent of
World population speak
My dialect...Malayalam

Every year, they say,
Almost three hundred languages die...
Being the youngest of all,
I wish she could withstand
The cultural invation
Popularly named Globalization!

02/06/08

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mamta Agarwal 13 April 2009

your love for your mother tongue is evident. written like a son, full of affection and her well being. Premji you live up to your name.10 Mamta

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Rinzu Susan Rajan 02 February 2009

wow...ithe ugran ayitonda...! ! ! : D

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Sreelekha Premjit 30 July 2008

three cheers to malayalam!

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