• During my school years, I developed an immense fear of the subject “English.” As a result, in an attempt to avoid English, I completely abandoned the idea of entering any field that required its use. However, I’ve now realized one thing: the very thing we are afraid of ends up standing in front of us like a haunting ghost. Until now, I’ve worked only in my mother tongue, Marathi. I never once considered that I might need to learn a foreign language. My son, on the other hand, has learned Japanese and is now working as an engineer in Japan. But here I am, stuck within my own stubborn fence.
• Since starting a blog on WordPress, the English language has been bothering me. The reason is that your local language has its limits. If you want your words, your writing, to reach a global audience, then fluency in English becomes essential. Now, at the age of 58, I’ve begun this effort, and it requires a lot of daily struggle.
• American writer Louis E. Boone said, “Don’t let the fear of failure be so great that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of life contains three words: Could have, should have, and why didn’t I.” Currently, I am using Google Translate and ChatGPT for help. But the impact of my original writing doesn’t fully come through in the translated version. I need to expand my vocabulary further. Additionally, since I can’t copy-paste onto the blog, I have to manually retype the translated text, which takes a lot of time and becomes tiresome. However, if I’ve decided to learn, I’ll have to bear all of this, won’t I?

:-Mukund Madhukar Hingne.