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How English Ruined Indian Literature

Postby Yasna » 2015-03-20, 20:57

An interesting perspective on the language issue in India.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/opinion/sunday/how-english-ruined-indian-literature.html
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Re: How English Ruined Indian Literature

Postby vijayjohn » 2015-03-20, 23:27

To me personally, that is simply the reality of English in India, and he clearly did a good job of explaining it in a way that non-Indians can understand it. In Kerala, for instance, quite frankly, the less English you know, the more stupid society considers you to be.
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