Do poor people in India speak English?

Between mother tongue, second and third language, the 2011 census records that over 10\% of Indians reported being able to speak some English. There is a clear class element at work—41\% of the rich could speak English as against less than 2\% of the poor.

Why do Indians speak some English?

In India especially, the language came to acquire a social prestige, ‘a class apart of education’, which prompted native Indian or South Asian speakers to turn bilingual, speaking their mother tongue at home or in a local context, but English in academic or work environments.

Do Indians really speak English?

Amid this Babel, English remains the country’s only lingua franca. India now claims to be the world’s second-largest English-speaking country. The most reliable estimate is around 10\% of its population or 125 million people, second only to the US and expected to quadruple in the next decade.

Is the lack of knowledge of a language in India being oppressed?

It is incomprehensible that the majority of people in India are being oppressed by the mere lack of knowledge of a language.

Why do so many Indians prefer English over other languages?

This is the world that hundreds of millions of Indians live in simply because the elite prefer English. This discrimination has become so systemic that the elite and middle classes send their children to English private schools while the vast poor send theirs to the government schools of their mother tongue.

What are some things about India that most people lack?

Obedience (well… if not 100\%, it should exist at least!) Indian people (mostly males) lack manners. They wont leave alone a couple, a foreigner, a modern dressed woman, a beautiful/pretty/okay type (any, all actually) woman.

Why are there so many teachers in India who can’t speak English?

Curiously, many states in India have attempted to make English the medium of instruction for all schools in an attempt to assuage the demands of the poor; however, the shortage of teachers who can even speak English is surreal. All of this while the vast majority is able to communicate in their respective mother tongues.