For Chinmay Bhatt!
Yesterday, my nephew Chinmay (Ravi) Bhatt went to US for higher studies. This is beginning of a new phase in the family as he is the first among us to fly abroad for higher education. What makes his endeavor special is the fact that he has got admission in a very reputed university despite having studied in vernacular i.e. Gujarati Medium. To me, this is important fact to highlight as there is a trend in new-age Gujarati parents to choose English medium over Gujarati, with a sole argument of better prospects of English medium students in higher education. Medium of instruction is, as the name aptly indicates, just a medium and in itself cannot guarantee better learning. Learning is amalgamation of many other factors, apart from medium of instruction. This is more relevant in the scenario wherein the teachers, especially in primary schools, themselves are not proficient in English communicative abilities. Increasingly, I come across young minds struggling with clarity of th...