THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH IN INDIA

 THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH IN INDIA

THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH IN INDIA

Even when India was under British rule, and even today when India is free,

English was not and is not the language of the common people of India. It was

and still is used for special purposes. Let us enumetate some of them.

Arguments in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts of India still have

to be presented in English. This is so because for lawyers and judges from all

over India with different mother tongues, English alone can serve as a link

language. The majority of the members ofthe Lok Sabha are from the non Hindi

speakingregions, and also members of the Central Secretariat and other Central

services. The same is true of our ambassadors and other members of our

embassies, ofour army, our air force, ournavy, of ourreasearch in stitutes and of

our various other institutions. For them al English serves as a link language.

In our universities there are teachers and students from all over India. The

regional language may be the educational medium but it is equally necessary to 

have sections where the educational medium is English. And last but not least is

he fact that books in Indian languages on hundreds of important branches and

sub-branches of knowledge are not available.

For the purposes mentioned above and for about five percent of our people

English is indispensable. It is wishful thinking to say that English has no future

in India. To think in terms of English or no English is unrealistic. We should not

be guilty of over-simplification of complex issues. Our mother tongues will not

lose but will gain if our highly educated classes have their minds enriched and

strengthened with the knowledge of English. Out of this class will come the

future makers and creators of great literature in the Indian languages. For literature

begets literature.

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