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Oct 16 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
#EnglishClass in India has a meltdown on my #IndianLanguage advocacy, in English, because they can't dismiss me like they do those from Hindi/Kannada/Marathi lit background.

I've done all they dream of.😏 I'm blessed to speak for those left behind by #EnglishApartheid. 🙏
And here's the book. Spread the word.

grpr.in/emm
The narrative of India’s “English advantage” is tied with their story of India’s backwardness:

“India was backward. English came and civilized us. Taught us math and science. Our only advantage in the world is they taught us English.

Dismantles this:

Grpr.in/tis
Because you speak to slaves in their master's language. 😏 They think their own languages "low" so won't listen.

Lol, I 'retired' from American employment when I was 33. I have no axe to grind, I don't have any "competition."

Have now moved to India for the cause.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Oct 17
“India’s IT success is due to English.”

Challenge to those who assert this to share specific data-driven evidence. Not anecdotes.

1. That India is per-capita more successful than others in IT broadly
2. This is due to English (English-medium education? Please define)
Hmm. That is not data. China is doing service outsourcing by having one project manager interact in client’s language. All study in Chinese-medium.

So, your assertion means nothing.
Any theory that claims English-speaking as the reason for India’s success must also explain why other countries with large English-speaking populations don’t show the same success.

Why are Pakistan and Nigeria not “IT Superpowers” vs Israel and China.
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Oct 16
English Bubble says: Everyone wants to study in English-medium
Reality: When they have a choice only 16% watch English videos.
Reality: People want jobs, not English. India has created a system where English has been made a barrier. Not due to "global" necessity, but bad policy.
And the number of those who want English may grow even lower as internet usage grows.

Lol. Do you know how many characters Chinese and Japanese scripts have? And they do all their technology in their languages, are far more advanced than India.

Just excuses.
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Oct 16
How about employers in India pay an #EnglishTax when they insist on conducting interviews in English where spoken English is not a clear job necessity?

#EnglishApartheid is entrenched via the English class in India.

The same MNCs don’t interview in English in Israel or China.
And most of the time that “client” won’t speak good English either.

Absolutely. In Garuda, for technical positions, I found candidates express more naturally and easily in Hindi. I found them better hires than English-speaking ones.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Oct 16
Lol they still don't get it.

People all over the world learn to program in their own language medium. Whether it is Dutch or French or Russian or Chinese. Not English-medium.

And one doesn't program "in English." We use programming languages with a few keywords in Roman Script.
Please show where I claimed he "coded in Hindi."😆

You don't code in any natural language, but in programming languages, which may need a small set of English keywords. But one doesn't need to know how to speak English or study in English to learn these.

It's true all over the world. I hired Russian programmers myself who didn't speak a word of English. Their script is different too.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Oct 15
China *requires* that MNCs operate in Chinese. It requires contracts be signed in Chinese. It requires technology transfer from tech companies who must first translate to Chinese.

India: “Please give us English only. We are rapidly ispeaking the language.”
Lol, false. China has even removed English tests from schools.

These Indians live in English fantasy land.

Besides even when people are learning English they are not switching their *medium* to English. Only #SlaveIndians think that’s “progress.”

https://t.co/EvOkMUP038
See graphic of China removing English from schools.
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Oct 15
How do programmers in other countries learn to program using their own language? I get the pushback that “API documentation” is all in English.

This is due to the #EnglishBubble Indians live in.

API documentation is available in all major languages.

Visual C++ in Chinese:
In Polish.
It’s available in tens of languages but #IndianLanguages are de-prioritized.

MNCs adapt. They localize to each country.

They don’t localize to India because Indians in the English-speaking bubble tell them there is no need.
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