The Cārvāka Podcast

My conversation with Sankrant Sanu


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How many times in your life have you been taunted for speaking in improper English? And as you are being taunted about that how many times in a day have you observed that someone speaking to you in your own mother tongue or in any Indian regional language keeps making errors after errors and no one says anything about it? Why do we as a people single out mistakes committed by our fellow sapiens in English while the self-inflicted balaatkaar of our languages happens without anyone raising any objection? I try to decode this peculiar trait and the vast array of problems associated with the "English Language Medium" with Sankrant Sanu.
You can buy his book here: http://www.prabhatbooks.com/angreji-madhyam-ka-bhramjaal.htm
The English version of the book can be bought here: http://www.amazon.in/English-Medium-Myth-Dismantling-barriers/dp/9384129194/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488728923&sr=8-1&keywords=english+language+medium+myth
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