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When Language Fades: A Keralite’s Story of Losing His Mother Tongue

A recent viral story from Kerala has brought this issue into sharp focus.

A 30-year-old man shared his deeply personal experience online, revealing that despite spending 12 years in a Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) school in Kerala, he never learned his mother tongue, Malayalam. According to him, the school environment not only failed to teach the language but actively discouraged its use.

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