Japanese on tip of their tongue – Bullet Train impact
New Delhi: The ambitious Bullet Train project finds itself in the headline since the project was announced. In an interesting development, from managing director to the staff members associated with Bullet Train are in race to learn Japanese. In fact, most people now greet other with this line - “ O genki desu ka? O hai yo go zai masu .” This means ‘how are you’ in English. All employees of National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) are learning Japanese with gusto. These staff members are busy rolling out country’s first bullet train, a high speed rail system from Japan. It is indeed interesting to note that all employee spend alternate day of the week to learn one of the toughest language in the world. Japanese is the ninth most spoken language and NHSRCL staff members associated with Mumbai-Ahmedabad train are been taught this language via professional teacher. The class is compulsory and no one is allowed to miss out on them. Students...