The last English Gentleman on earth is likely to be an Indian, goes an old saw. Of all the places the lads and ladies of the isles have inhabited, or merely transited, none has taken to the English language with the readiness and ardor of the sub-continental Indian. In free India specially, English lives on [...]
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Fun with Indian English
Posted in Alien India, tagged DesiCritics, Hinglish, India and English, Indian English, Mumbai English on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Slice of India – Madraasi in Maatunga
Posted in A Slice of India, India Observed, tagged Indian English, Maatunga Coffeeshops, Madraasi in Mumbai, Mumbai English, slice of India on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is India but the sum total of her parts? Well, some will argue that the totality of India is more than the sum of her parts. It will be argued, there has to be added that little bit extra something to explain the “real” India. I suppose that such may be true of all [...]
