From Underwear to Cars, India’s Economy Is Fraying

Re:From Underwear to Cars, India’s Economy Is Fraying by aviraldg on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:53AM (#21058160)

English is the ideal "neutral" link language for a country with as much linguistic diversity as India (thus also making it a suitable medium for education.) The alternative would be to force the whole country to learn a single language (Hindi), which is to them more foreign than English is, or to use only regional languages, making it difficult to have countrywide exams/educational content.

There is nothing colonial or elite about English -- it is simply the most practical choice for a link language, given we have to learn it anyway to interact with the rest of the world.

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Re:From Underwear to Cars, India’s Economy Is Fraying by iamshs on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:38AM (#21059989)

Agreed with everything. English is single most important factor towards upward mobility. Hindi imposition will suffocate linguistic diversity. Even the Hindi cooking channels for example, have started inserting so much nationalistic and religious issues in there. I just prefer Pakistani channels instead nowadays or just websites.

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