Krishna Gopal Vikal - Learn Gujarati in 30 Days Through English

THE greatest sensation of life is to learn a language. One has to closely watch a child going through this experience, to be convinced of this. Every time he learn a new word or construction from mother, father or other relatives, his heart is filled with wonder, excitement, thrill and creative urge and he toys with its various forms and tones bringing into play all the creative forces within him.

To learn a new language is to re-enter this wonderful experience of life, opening infinite opportunilities for creative action. Beside, in a fast expanding world transcending all barriers of colour, caste, religion and language, a new language is an essential tool of life.

The book primarily attempts to introduce those whose mother tongue is not Gujarati, to learning of Gujarati by the most natural and the simplest method. It adopts the scientific approach, introducing alphabet, words sentences in that order and application of these in the most common situations of daily life. Situational sentences and conversational sentences selected for the book, reflect the maximum possible commonness of Indian languages and Indian culture. The purpose is that the learner during the process of learning should be sufficiently equipped to converse and transact with a very vast section of Gujarati speaking people throughout India and abroad.

Since Gujarati is the principal link language of the greatest democracy of the world, acquaintance with this not only enables one to establish a direct communication with millions of people, thereby promoting his career prospects and business interests, but also gives him the spiritual satisfaction of belonging to a vast family.

The book can also be helpful to foreigners who are on visit to India as tourists, scholars, diplomats and businessmen as it would enable them to move about in different parts of the country transcending the language barriers.

We hope the book will serve the purpose. It will be popular among the youngsters as well as serious language learner. We are greateful to Sh. Narendra Kumar, Director of Diamond Pocket Books, who has wisely taken special initiative to bring out this very useful series. We also express our gratitude to the persons concerned with proof-reading, printing and production of the book.

Krishna Gopal Vikal
Amitabh Dhingra