I CAN SPEAK TELUGU...!!!

jaya jaya jaya priya bharatha

janayithri divya dhatri!!!

jaya jaya jaya satha sahasra

nara nari hrudaya nethri!!!!

a tribute to the nation from a Telugu poet.(click here for the full poem in Telugu).

Hearty wishes to every citizen of Andhra Pradesh on the eve of its 52nd Formation day. hearty congratulations to every human being who can write, speak or understand Telugu for making it one of the very few(4 in number) classical languages in India.....we feel proud to be the children of Telugu Talli(telugu mother).

It is the second most spoken language in the country(first being the National Language,Hindi) and nearly 15 Cr. of people speak in Telugu out of which only 8Cr are from its native state. 

when i was in school, we were punished for having spoken in my mother tongue. even today, i come across many Andhrites who cant speak their own language so fluently than they speak other languages. why go for anyother??? i myself feel it difficult to speak in Telugu with anyone else except with those in my family or with my frnds. why is this happening???

if the whole country is looking towards Telugu, then why are people in Andhra Pradesh forgetting its language?? while the whole world salutes the mother of the Telugu citizens, then y arent the children not keen abt it?? i personally feel that it is because of the infulence of the other languages like English, Hindi etc... has made people forget the importance of the mother tongue. teachers punish the students when they speak in Telugu, parents ask their children to speak in English back at home too, students feel proud while speaking in English or Hindi....... why arent we thinking abt this problem??? i dont think this is the problem only with Telugu but i think every other language in India is facing it..

if the same continues, may be in no time the languages of the country will be soon disappeared and there will be no other language having life in the whole country...

with as many problems as these....i can still say that I AM PROUD THAT I CAN SPEAK AND WRITE TELUGU...!!!

(**to know about the poetic treasure of Telugu Literature click here.)