"Are languages then just a collection of words, syntax, and semantics? I'd like
to sometimes see them as seeds and sometimes as fields - alive as the minds,
tongues, throats, bodies and air they pass through; germinating, growing roots,
bearing fruit, evolving like beings. But also holding space, expanding out like
a unique land of perception. A non-physical geography hosting human and
non-human drama. A living medium, a speech-scape."
In this evocative piece, writer and teacher M. Yuvan layers anecdotes that
shine a small, bright light on India's linguistic diversity and weaves in
similar stories from around the world. What does it mean for the future of the
human species to keep the richness of our multiple languages alive? How does
language tether the soul to the wisdom of the Earth?
