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English: A Tool That Empowers the Downtrodden in India?

English: A Tool That Empowers the Downtrodden in India?

It would be interesting to question the significance of writing in English and if it really did help some of these writers to break from the social shackles. One could discuss Kancha Illaiah’s Why I’m not a Hindu and also ‘Introduction’ by Kamala Das. For both of the mentioned writers, English, in my opinion served as an instrument to voice [...]