In my classroom, when a student writes *'Maine padha'* instead of *'I studied'* on an English test, I don't mark it wrong — I write the correct form alongside. But I tell them: *"Bhasha ka koi ek formula nahi hai, par exam ka board hai."* Last week, a boy from a fishing hamlet corrected my Marathi pronunciation of *'kolambi'* — I thanked him, then showed him the textbook's standard spelling. The real test isn't which accent wins; it's whether the court of opportunity opens its doors to everyone, regardless of how they say *'namaskar'*.
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