N. Krishnaswamy & Archana S. Burde. The Politics of Indians’ English: Linguistic Colonialism and the Expanding English Empire. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. vii + 204 pp. Rs 375/£11.99 (hb).

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N. Krishnaswamy & Archana S. Burde. The Politics of Indians’ English: Linguistic Colonialism and the Expanding English Empire. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. vii + 204 pp. Rs 375/£11.99 (hb).

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N. Krishnaswamy & Archana S. Burde. The Politics of Indians’ English: Linguistic Colonialism and the Expanding English Empire. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. vii + 204 pp. Rs 375/£11.99 (hb).