As a kid I used to confuse my d's
with my g's, and that bit of dyslexia
didn't really become a problem till
I once spelt 'God' wrong. That day,
the teacher wrote a strictly worded
letter to my parents, and asked me
to behave myself. Also, as a kid,
I could not pronounce the letter 'r,'
so till I was sent to some summer
vacation speech correction classes
at age 5, I used to say, "Aam ji ki
jai," "Aam ji ki jai," -- then a teacher
taught me to hold my tongue against the
ceiling of my mouth and then throw it out
quivering, 'R,' 'Rrrr,' she wrenched it
out of me, over many sessions, "Ram,"
until then, I did not know God was so
much effort, till they made him tremble
on the tip of my tongue, God was only
a little joke about mangoes.
with my g's, and that bit of dyslexia
didn't really become a problem till
I once spelt 'God' wrong. That day,
the teacher wrote a strictly worded
letter to my parents, and asked me
to behave myself. Also, as a kid,
I could not pronounce the letter 'r,'
so till I was sent to some summer
vacation speech correction classes
at age 5, I used to say, "Aam ji ki
jai," "Aam ji ki jai," -- then a teacher
taught me to hold my tongue against the
ceiling of my mouth and then throw it out
quivering, 'R,' 'Rrrr,' she wrenched it
out of me, over many sessions, "Ram,"
until then, I did not know God was so
much effort, till they made him tremble
on the tip of my tongue, God was only
a little joke about mangoes.
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