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For entry as a Jawan, no English is needed. Entry as an officer requires English. This is linguistic apartheid. Who says colonialism ended in India?
You think the "world" speaks English? You think Russia, China, Japan, France uses English to select officers, or they don't interact with other countries?
Such ingrained ignorance and slavery.
Such ingrained ignorance and slavery.
Hear the story of this young man from IIT Roorkee whose dream it was to join the army. #EnglishApartheid killed that dream.
No, you are. Why would you deny someone who is smart enough to get into IIT, who is dedicated to serve the nation and join the army, just because he doesn't know English. How about we make all entrance exams in Chinese? Makes about as much sense.
For entry as a jawan they do, for entry as an officer only English. This is the apartheid of the English Class System where the State holds English to be superior at every level.
Sure, they can even learn Chinese or Arabic. Why make English a compulsory qualifying criteria? Why judge people on English? If a particular language is required, train them in it later.
The English barrier is only to maintain English supremacy in India.
The English barrier is only to maintain English supremacy in India.
Far less cumbersome than having to make 1.3 billion people learn a foreign language by compulsion no?
"English is the language of our daily humiliation." See quote by Ngugi Wa Thiongo in my book.
Someone wants to give their life for their country and join the army. But they can only be tested in the colonial language for them to be an officer.
Someone wants to give their life for their country and join the army. But they can only be tested in the colonial language for them to be an officer.
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