As brother Stalin and mother Dayalu Ammal looked on, DMK's M K Azhagiri took oath of office in English. It sounded neither halting nor practised. And with it, the first myth of post-poll bargaining -- of Congress's apprehension over Azhagiri's lack of fluency in English -- lay well and truly busted. (via Fluent Azhagiri puts to rest doubts about English skills - India - The Times of India).
English language media in India is still in its colonial haze - and to see such decadent, colonial ideas, 60 years after the British were thrown out, boggles my imagination. To approve of a politician, because he has English-language skills, is much like the endorsement of Obama because of the colour of his skin!
I don't know which is worse!
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