Regionalism Plagues at work
Can't help but feel that the shoe is on the other foot now... I've faced exactly this kind of situation before, only difference being it was when I was in college. Oh, and it wasn't Marathi people ganging up against me, it was Tamils! Bengalis have done the same thing to me at work in the past too, so it looks like a pretty universal thing. Surprisingly it happened in the Netherlands too, but that's understandable since they're probably not used to having people who don't understand the usual language around.
What's really strange is that you don't need a crowd for this to happen, 2-3 people of one language vs. 1 of the othe kind is sufficient.
2 comments:
fully agree with you...
infact i have faced more weird instances... where in people talking in some south-indian language at onsite (clients') location/office ... the client's actually came back to say that they should speak in english or it will be treated as conspiracy!
but i think this is more predominant in south india where in people REFUSE to accept any language other than their local...
BTW wrt link... i'll say look who's talking...
Think this is very common in Bangalore, just that nobody has bothered to pen it down doesn't mean that the problem doesn't exist. Some of us just tend to ignore it.
Also, a common practice among south indians/bengali's in general.
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