‘India has risen with the rise and rise of English’

Moumita Chakrabarti
Posted: Sunday, Mar 09, 2008 at 2136 hrs IST
Updated: Saturday, Mar 08, 2008 at 2157 hrs IST

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: autonomy of other languages and the choices of those who speak them.”

Seeing the big picture, Mitchell feels much of her efforts in the ESU serve to revamp the old relationship that India had once shared with Great Britain. “From the days of imperialism until today, Britain has helped a lot in building India’s infrastructure.” That includes the railways and the post offices that were introduced by the British during their political dominance. The ESU wants to work on the same old relationship but minus the political intentions. And as far as India is concerned, she believes the country “has risen with the rise and rise of English”. ...

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