You may have heard that love knows no barrier especially when it comes to show it in a specific language. However, when love goes to the next level or marriage, language becomes a major issue. If you don’t agree see the trend in Gujarat Vidyapith (GV) where
Gujarati girls are learning their would be husbands’ languages, be it Malayalam or Telugu.
In the past couple of batches in GV’s language department, Gujarati girls have taken admissions especially in Malayalam and Telugu after falling in love with the boys from these regions but staying in Ahmedabad. The trend also goes further in breaking the barriers of region and caste. Take the example of Hiral Joshi from Gandhinagar, who recently married Sivam, originally from Wayanad district in Kerala. Joshi is a Gujarati Brahmin while Sivam belongs to schedule caste.
“Last year, I enrolled myself in the elementary course of Malayalam in GV after falling in love with Sivam. Since we both are from different cultural backgrounds, I wanted to bridge the difference,” Joshi said.
Joshi is not alone. In fact, there are at least a dozen of such girls who joined Malayalam courses in last couple of batches who just wanted to learn the language to get married to boys from Kerala.
“For me this is not surprising, yet I will say that the number of such girls is increasing. As on today, I would say that in last 5 batches there were at least 12 such girls who wanted to learn Malayalam to impress their in-laws. They revealed this during interviews before admission,” said KK Bhaskaran Payyanur, head of language department at GV.
However, for Gopi (name changed) who lives in the city, all is not well. She started learning Malayalam just three months back after learning the fact that her in-laws to be in Kerala are against of marriage because Gopi might not be able to adopt the cultural differences.
“My fiancé’s father’s family doesn’t approve the relationship just because I am a Gujarati. Therefore, three months back I talked to Bhaskaran Sir for admission in the course. I want to surprise them by the fact that I can speak their language and there is no language barrier. My effort will also prove that I can easily adopt their culture without any problem,” Gopi said.
Similarly in Telugu section, there are girls who opted to learn the language for similar reasons. Agrees Usha Laxmi who teaches Telgu, “In my department at present there are two girls who want to marry boys who are originally from Andhra Pradesh.”
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