Indian English
Rich Vs Good In English | Street Interview India
Play videoSiddhartth Amar, a youtuber, interviews Indian people in the street to ask whether they'd prefer a romantic partner be rich or be fluent in English.
Researchers in Madras, India Study Mechanics of Breathing Lungs and Covid-19
Play videoIIT Madras Researchers led by Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Department of Applied Mechanics, have been researching on the mechanics of breathing lungs. Their area of study was to understand the process, when we breathe in air along with aerosol particles.
Indians React to Apu Controversy
Play videoThis video interviews Indian people in a casual, street setting (in Mumbai) to understand their perceptions of Apu, a stereotyped Indian character in 'The Simpsons'.
Learning Language Out of Comfort Level
Play videoThis is a clip from an Indian movie 'English Vinglish'. The protagonist, a small snack entrepreneur, secretly enrolls in an English speaking course to stop her husband and daughter mocking her lack of English skills. She goes out of her comfort level and tries to learn new language. This clip shows her newly gained self-confidence and self-respect when she gives a speech in English during a relative's wedding.
Hinglish - Code Switched Hindi + English
Play videoThe Portsmouth College, UK has started a course for Hinglish language. Hinglish is the mixed/code switched version of Hindi and English, and is the popular street language in India.
Varieties of Indian English
Play videoThis video samples Southeast Asian speakers of English, showing the diversity of language feature repertoires involved in what non-Southeast Asians often lump together as an Indian English ethnolect.