The essays in this book look at the interaction between English and other Indian languages and focus on the pressure of languages on writers and on each other.

Includes songs by Buddhist nuns, testimonies of medieval rebel poets and court historians, and the voices of more than 60 other writers of the 18th and 19th cen

A sea change has occurred in the Indian economy in the last three decades, spurring the desire to learn English. Most scholars and media venues have focused on

The charged emotional politics of language and identity in India