Is English a foreign language in India? | In Focus Podcast
In this week’s In Focus-Parley, Experts Apoorvanand and Ganesh Devy discuss whether English should be considered a foreign language in India’s diverse linguistic landscape.
The Supreme Court has been grappling with the linguistic aspects of the CBSE's three-language formula, which stipulates that two of the three languages must be native Indian languages. English, despite its long-standing presence in India, is not considered a native language under this category. The court's bench has been deliberating on whether to classify English as a foreign language, given its extensive role in governance, higher education, and as a link language.
In this week's Parley, Apoorvanand from the Hindi department of the University of Delhi and Ganesh Devy, a former English professor and the founder of the People's Linguistic Survey of India, discuss the same query. Comments on the article must be in English and in full sentences, without any abusive or personal content, adhering to the community guidelines.
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