49: This Year of Languages

Being a multi-linguist isn't unusual for a lot of us desis. In this episode, I share the story of how I came to speak 4 languages other than english and how my life growing up back in India made it possible. With the UN declaring 2019 as the year of indigenous languages, I reflect upon how regional and local languages all over the globe could be under a threat of extinction and we all could do our bit in preserving these rich cultures before its too late. 

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Background music attribution: Dharma Fire - Madhar - Sitar Jam by Andrea Mosca (Creative Commons License)

ASMA band via Vijay Agarwal on youtube (Creative commons License)