chapter 4

Mother Tongue  or Father Tongue ?Gunda received a call letter from a reputed company in Bangalore to attend an interview and it was his first interview. He went to the company for attending the interview with his resume and all the certificates. After waiting for some time, he was called inside for the interview. Gunda : May I come in sir ?Interviewer : Yes, come in.Gunda : Good Morning Sir.Interviewer: Good Morning, be seated.Gunda : Thank you, sir.Interviewer: Your Good name ?Gunda : My name Gunda sir. (He gave his resume with all certificates in originals)Interviewer: (After verifying his resume in details). I see, you know both Kannada and Malayalam. Malayalam.... is it your Mother Tongue?Gunda : No Sir..... It's my Father Tongue.Interviewer: (surprised) What...?Gunda : My mother is from Karnataka and Father is from Kerala. So my mother tongue is Kannada Sir.Interviewer stunned by Gunda's reply.