An experience after the top 10 interview

Is it necessary or mandatory to speak in English?

Earlier the top 10 interview I have faced two more interviews. My first interview was in Central university of Kashmir (CUK) and another interview was in Maulana Azad Urdu University (MANUU) Hyderabad.
By the grace of Almighty I got success in these two interviews. After the written test I also qualified personal interview in CUK and I got admission for post graduate course in Convergent Journalism (2011). In February 2015 I got selection for Civil Service Exam Coaching after qualifying written exam and interview in MANUU Hyderabad, but due to ill health I have to come back from there.
Similarly this time it was my debut interview in our own district Kargil and debut interview with the administrators of Kargil. My interview begins by a question posed by respected SP Kargil asking my good name and about my educational carrier.
Replying these questions to the interview panel which was comprised of four members, they came to know about me and my educational background.
Next question they asked me was about the optional subjects that need to choose for civil service exam, and my optional subjects were political science and Urdu.
Later many queries were posed me by these four panel members, many questions were like:
Role of ethics in media
‘Media regulators’
Role of social media, advantages and disadvantages of social media
Can media controlled or not?
All these questions and many other related queries were asked me by SP Kargil.
Further many questions like:
Role of print media
Significance of Urdu journalism
‘Digital divide media’
Asked me by Mr jaffar sir, Asst. professor sociology
More over some media related questions like:
What is entertainment media?
Scope of advertising and elements used for advertising
And few more questions are asked me by Ishtiyaq sir (KPS)
One more question about ‘yellow journalism’ asked me by the fourth panel members.
Few questions were asked from Indian polity, political thought and theory, international relation and questions were also asked about international border disputes. Few controversial articles like 32, 370 and 312 also heard from me.
In beginning answering these questions in English I also used Urdu language so I can reply comfortably, but the interview panel instructed me to reply in English saying that ‘you have to write exam in English, so you must speak in English’.
This ignited many questions in my mind, for a while I lost in thought. Simultaneously many questions are posed me by the interview panel members. I hold on Urdu language…. feeling disturbed….
Living in our own state where Urdu is the official language of our state why we can’t use Urdu language in interviews? Is it necessary or mandatory to speak in English for a civil service exam interview or an interview for any other service?
Of course if we have to face similar interview outside from our district or state we can’t compromise or raise an eye brow on this issue because English language is used as a bridge language to communicate with each other’s in others states of India.
In our state why we can’t use our official language i.e. Urdu or why we can’t use our mother tongue?
As in our Indian constitution article 29 which deals with the cultural rights which is also a fundamental right. So article 29(a) declare that ‘any section of the citizen residing in the territory of India having distinct languages, script, culture shall have the right to conserve the same’.
More over the eighth schedule of our constitution which deals with the list of 22 languages of India recognized by the constitution also didn’t include English as Indian language.
English is the language spoken in Great Britain, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia and many other countries. Its usage in India is a great impact of colonial rule.
As we know that India is a big country which comprised of multi culture and multi lingual spoken peoples. So abiding our own constitution in which article 29 deals with cultural right and also a fundamental right instruct for the promotion and conservation of our language and script, we have to preserve it but in this modern era we are doing the reciprocal of this fundamental right. Instead of
preserving our own culture and languages we are emphasizing on the utility of colonial languages. The utility of English language is spreading like a wild fire and it has a great dominance over other language, which shows that we have failed to preserve our own culture, language and script. Otherwise today we did not need to combat this lingual challenges. Which has become a great factor of discourage to us in matters like interviews, debate and discussions, otherwise that language has no any importance as per our constitutions.
At last for me the top 10 interview was like an academic interview because maximum questions were asked me from the media subjects and its background. And in civil service exam no subjects from media studies could be choose for an optional subject in civil service exam.
Abdul Hussain Muntazree
Chumikchan Sankoo Kargil
9469190765

How long we have to suffer

Histories, literatures and media are some of the reliable source that we can refer as witness or reference through which the people of Ladakh has highlighted their long pending issues before central government of India or its own state government.

In spite of incessant demanding and addressing their grievances from the Indian government the Ladakhi’s are still suffering a lot due to un-fulfilment of their same pre requisite demands for its development. More than 60 years passed on for India’s independence and many political parties ruled on this land but not a single party make such effort to resolve the immediate needs and developmental issues of Ladakh with strong firm and concrete vision.

That is why Ladakh is still far away from developmental scenario. As the issue of zojila tunnel is as white as snow. Zojila; which is the only pass that connect Ladakh with the outside world and this national highway passing through difficult hill terrain is vulnerable to snow blizzard and accidents. Due to deep pitches, potholes, side erosion developed on this road, the commuters face a lot of problems in negotiating the blind and treacherous curves.

As par every winter this long highway remain blocked for more than 4 or 5 months to traffic route. On the other hand Airport construction in kargil is another persistent demand of Ladakhi’s. Due to the absence of transport facility especially in winter months peoples have to suffer a lot.

AN32 courier or IL lift is just like a lottery system. More than of its fare or its double will have to spend for a single passenger to reach their destination. Absence of proper maintenance and air schedules, peoples have to combat a lot in winter season.

Not only this, the air fare of civil planes for Leh is also like a draining wealth system which is totally an unaffordable amount for a common man to travel. Beside these there are many other demands which are addressed by our Ladakhi leaders before its respective state government. So the state government is also failed to take a serious step to solve these issues.

If not whom we can blame for the un-fulfilment of our demands? Our own leaders, our state government or the government of India. After every election of five years new leaders come in fray and form government. Still we Ladakhi’s are combating for the same demands which are long pending from 1950s.

Recently during the short duration of governor rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir, many delegation from Ladakh personally meet with the governor. More than thrice delegation from Ladakh called governor addressing their issues and demands.

Now how much long we have to wait, so that our demands will get resolve and we can get rid of from these fed up issues. If elsewhere in the world far more complicated terrains can be connected or developed well, why this injustice is with Ladakh? As Pir Panjal is Indian longest transportation railway tunnel connecting Kashmir from outside world. So why Zojila tunnel work is delayed?

We hope this new government will fight for these problems on state level as well on central level. So we can enjoy a happy and prosperous life with a ‘mantra service’ in Ladakh.

ABDUL HUSSAIN MUNTAZREE

R/o Chumikchan Sankoo Kargil