As I understand it (and I hasten to say that I have no first-person exposure), there are at least a dozen official languages in India. One reason for the domi

As I understand it (and I hasten to say that I have no first-person exposure), there are at least a dozen official languages in India. One reason for the dominance of English is that speakers of languages other than Hindi resent what would otherwise be the dominance of Hindi. English is perceived as better because it's no one's first language, rather than the first language of a plurality.