OutOfTheBalloon

                 A few questions lead to arguments while few arguments raise questions that only the future can answer. I was put in front of such a question when an intriguing argument filled our dining table. The other day when my friend asked me a question between his spoons of soup, ‘Which do you think is superior, Tamil or English?’ That is a question I cannot easily answer. Because I am a child of Tamil Matha and the heir of English Desk; born in, loved, and respected Tamil while researching English and English literature. I was quick on the trigger and came up with a hypothetical answer for the hypo-temperate question.                The best way to answer an uncertain question is to give a question back as an answer. I asked him, ‘Who do you think is intelligent, A Ph.D. Scholar or a Kinder Garden Kid who got a hundred marks in his exam?’ He couldn’t answer and I was glad he couldn’t. It saved me another page of explanation. No language in the world older than five thousand