Chapter 6 Part 1: Distribution
of Dialects
Location: Kushi's Sculptures' exhibition:
The Victory group attends the Sculptures' exhibition. All
were really enjoying it. Shashank also attend the exhibition. He was exploring all
the possibilities to publish abt this in his paper after all she is the
daughter of the former minister.
Kushi was excited to see that her exhibition is a big
success. Shashank was interviewing Kushi and also taking the views of the
people attended the exhibition.
Kushi thanks all her friends for attending and making her
exhibition a gr8 success.
Sid was a bit upset on something and when his friends asked
abt it, he answered bluntly.
Charu was also very upset. Both Sid n Charu were not talking
to each other. Their friends were puzzled with their behaviour. All the girls
decided to know what the reason was and took Charu to the University Club and
slowly asked her the reason.
This is the issue of Sid n Charu:
Sid's parents brought a match for him. She is the daughter of
a big shot. And his parents were insisting him to meet the girl.
Sid revealed his love for Charu. But after knowing that Charu
is an orphan and is working as an in-charge of the University Club they were
against to their marriage.
He argued with them a lot but they explained that it will
benefit him professionally and he can settle in life too.
Now he is in a dilemma. He cannot say no to his parents nor can
he leave Charu.
He was trying to convince Charu about it. They argued very
badly about it.
C: Why is this happening to me all the time? I lost my
parents in my childhood whom I love so much. Now Sid too''''.. (and burst
into tears)
He wants me to forget him and lead my life. How could he say
that? He is a changed man now. He is also planning to settle in abroad. He says now that he want to be rich and famous. How can he be so selfish? He is seeing his
personal benefits but what about me?
All the friends consoled her. They were surprised and shocked to believe what Charu said abt Sid. "So that's the reason for his changed behaviour," they thought. They all decided to do something for her and also teach a lesson to Sid.
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Manish Rajan couldn't put the northeastern dialect and the
word "Sahu" out of his mind. It was possible that the witnesses had mistaken
the accent, but he didn't think so.
He went and bought a map of M.P. Aravind Sethuraman had lived
in Betma near Indore. At first he
looked for the places starting with character Sahu. The name Sahore jumped out
at him but Sahu - Sahore couln't correlate and the dialect? He searched
further, but couldn't find any other locations beginning with Sahu. He folded
the map and was frustrated.
When he arrived at police headquarters, he headed straight to
the public information department, which served as the headquarters for public
relations arm. As various pamphlets were published here, this office had a
collection of reference books.
The section chief was also Manish ji's former supervisor.
C (Smiling): Hey, it's unusual to see you here.
M (Greeting him): I didn't think I'd see you in a
place like this. But I'd like to ask u something, if I may?
C: What do u need?
M: Well, I came to u sir, because I know u r an expert on
many things.
C: I'm not really an expert, but if it's something I know,
I'd be glad to help u.
M: It's about the northeastern dialect.
C: Northeastern dialect? Sorry, but I was born in the south.
I don't know much about the northeastern dialect.
M: What I would like to know is if there are other places in India
besides northeast region where the dialect is spoken.
C: Hmm. U mean if they speak it in a certain locale, not if
one individual might speak it. U mean if the population of a certain area speaks
that dialect, right?
M: Yes, that's what I mean.
C: I wonder if that's a possibility. I think the dialect is
unique to the region. But I have something that might tell u more.
He stood up and took a volume from the set of encyclopedias.
Placing the heavy volume on the desk, he turned the pages. Finding the article,
he skimmed through it.
"Read this part here", he said, pushing the book toward
Manish ji.
He read the article covering different theories on the
distribution of dialects. It was of no help.
C: U don't look very happy. Weren't you satisfied with the
article?
M: It's not that. I wanted to confirm something about
dialects to see if I had a usable clue or not.
C: And what would satisfy u would be to find out that the
northeastern dialect is used in some other region. Is that it?
M: Yes. But from reading this, I'm convinced that there's no
possibility.
C: Hold on a minute. (Thinking of something) this
encyclopedia only gives summaries. It might be better for u to take a look at a
more specialized book. A university classmate of mine is an Indian language
specialist at the Ministry of Education. He might be able to give u some
information. I'll call him right now.
After talking to his friend on the telephone he turned
towards Manish ji.
C: He wants u to go to his office and talk to him directly.
I'll write a letter if u want to see him.
M: Yes, I'd like to talk to him.
C: He will meet u in the NLRC building.
Manish Rajan reached to the place and walked towards the
white building which was a small structure with a sign at the entrance
identifying it as the National Language
Research Center.
Most of the research students working on this project visit
this place often. There will be a membership card indicating the concerned
university they are coming from.
He gave his name card to the receptionist. A thin man in his
forties came down the stairs, Mr. Vishwanath Malhothra, the ministry of
Education specialist who was the public information chief's classmate.
V: So u're wondering if the northeastern dialect is used in
some other region?
M: Yes. I've come to ask u if there is a region like that.
V: I wonder (scratching his head). There are a few
instances of the northeaster dialect being used in areas settled by people from
that region. Ok now what is it that u are checking on? I assume that it's
related to a case.
Manish Rajan described the case briefly.
V: (Thought for a while) was it really the
northeastern dialect?
M: The witnesses said it sounded like that. The victim and
his companion had only a short conversation, so we can't be certain, but all
five witnesses said it seemed to be that dialect.
V: Is that so? And yet they were not from that region?
M: We discovered later that one of the men - the victim was
not from that area at all. He was from Betma, near Indore
which is just the opposite direction.
V: What? Near Indore?
He muttered to himself and thought hard for a moment; and
asked Manish ji to wait for a moment. He walked over to a book case and pulled
out a volume. He stood there reading for a while. When he walked back over to
where Manish ji sat waiting, he was smiling.
V: This book is about the dialects. Here why don't u read
this section?
From the look of the specialist's face, Manish Rajan could
guess what he had discovered. He eagerly read that passage indicated.
Indo-Aryan languages are divided into many and spread all
over India.
Each language is combination of many dialects. The dialects also differ in
their slang. Few dialects sound similarly.
Manish ji jumped out of excitement when he read the one which
he wants.
M: So that's the link.
V: So in ur case,
there are people who speak with the dialect which sound similar to northeast
dialect. And this is the map which shows the regions where these dialects are
spread. And one more thing, as u already read that it differ in the slang, this
may be the reason for the witnesses to judge the victim's dialect wrongly. Can
only be a possibility.
Manishji carefully checked the map and surprised to see the
place Sahore in M.P. He was confused and asked the chief, the witnesses said
Sahu but the place I found is Sahore how can it be related.
V: It's simple. The slang in which he pronounced might differ
- Sahore as Sahu. And the people in this region swallow the end words. Why
don't u try ur investigation in
this direction and check. Hope u may get positive response.
M: It's amazing. Thank u very much.
V: Has this been helpful?
M: Yes, very much helpful. Thank u for ur
time. We will try in this direction for sure.
Chapter 6 Part 1 Completed
Part 2 - B'day Party in Rajan's House; article in the magazine; heading towards the clue
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