Of Wannabes and Fake Accents

I am an Indian and very proud of it. I have lived in India throughout my life. I have never been to any foreign country but secretly wish to visit many of them. I love English movies because of the beautiful display of emotions and characters in them. To be honest, when watching an American movie..i can manage without sub titles but while watching a British movie i seriously need sub titles :P 

Though i am a budding IT Professional yet i have a deep love for English. The reason being the fact that English introduced me to the world of stories, novels , poems and to thoughts which enriched me as a person. It is my deep love for English that made it so close to my heart..right from school to college.In my Engineering days..the stories and poems part of English metamorphosed to "Communication". Intonation, Pronunciation, Presentation all of this became an  inherent part of English for me.

Presently as i am undergoing my training at Trivandrum, i have been introduced to another part of English which i was blandly unaware of :P "IMPRESSION CREATION". 

Thanks to my humble upbringing, i have always been aware of the principle of  making your work speak for you. But yet sometimes one comes across peculiar characters who are BITAA..that is my definition of people very much Born in India but Talk with American Accent.

Why??? Why?? do Indians especially have the mindset that when they speak like Americans they become "The Elite" among the simple  normal accented creatures like me. Is speaking in any foriegn accent..esp when it doesnt come naturally to you a symbol of great pride. 

In the recent times i have come across many pretty ladies in beautiful attires..wearing something like a rado watch..all decked up with make up and perfume..raring to go..seeing them i sometimes wonder..am i travelling on a bus to office or to Lakme India Fashion Week. Well thats a different story altogether.

There is nothing wrong  in putting brown kajal or pink lipgloss to office, especially when you are just in your Traineeship. But what is baffling is when you hear the pathetic attempts to sound "so American". In my opinion, Intonation & Pronunciation are definitely important in today's Business scenario.But being loud & speaking in that extra made up way like one's make up is definitely the sign of a wannabe.

Why do i have to show off by saying "Can i have some surfffffffffff" in the American way in a grocery store.Those pathetic creatures who want to draw attention by speaking loudly in their fake Accents in any elevator or canteen or lobby or corridor or office , one simple advice from me.."please be your natural self".

We are educated individuals & there are tons of ways by which we can make a mark before others, one of the simple ways is being polite & humble. Just speaking anything rubbishwith that decked up accent can only make one the ambassador of Wannabeism". 

There's much more to life than just becoming a Wannabe with fashionable clothes & Fake Accents :)