This is a fascinating account and thank you for sharing it.
I travelled a lot in the former Soviet Central Asian republics as India's last Consul General in Central Asia between June 1990 and March 1992, and then focused on opening our embassies in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. At that time, the air links were like local bus journeys, with the few foreigners like me, the members of the armed forces, and the nomenklatura boarded separately into the planes from the ordinary passengers. A flight that I used to take from Tashkent to Merv to Ashgabat also doubled as a postal flight and accommodated live goats in the front enclosure between the crew and the passengers!
The point the surgeon makes is valid. The changes in the script result in creating illiteracy. It is a pity that politics does not understand it or if it does, exploits it.
Dear Ajay,
This is a fascinating account and thank you for sharing it.
I travelled a lot in the former Soviet Central Asian republics as India's last Consul General in Central Asia between June 1990 and March 1992, and then focused on opening our embassies in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. At that time, the air links were like local bus journeys, with the few foreigners like me, the members of the armed forces, and the nomenklatura boarded separately into the planes from the ordinary passengers. A flight that I used to take from Tashkent to Merv to Ashgabat also doubled as a postal flight and accommodated live goats in the front enclosure between the crew and the passengers!
The point the surgeon makes is valid. The changes in the script result in creating illiteracy. It is a pity that politics does not understand it or if it does, exploits it.
With best wishes,
Asoke Mukerji