MIND IT! A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK LOOK AT HOW INDIAN ENGLISH CAN AMUSE AND EVEN CONFUSE

Non-Fiction

MIND IT! A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK LOOK AT HOW INDIAN ENGLISH CAN AMUSE AND EVEN CONFUSE

By: Sandeep Nulkar

395.00

  • ISBN: 978-93-6156-297-6
  • Pages: 264 pages
  • Published: February 2025
  • Format: Paperback
  • Imprint: Rupa
  • Language: English

The book is a tongue-in-cheek look at how Indian English can amuse or even confuse. It presents

a collect ion of 100+ classic ‘Indianisms’, each written in a way that makes it fun to read. The book

delves into how each Indianism might have come to be, all the while helping the reader understand

the grammatically correct way to say it.

Sandeep Nulkar is a veteran of the translation industry in India and one of its more known faces

globally. The first Asian to receive the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Language Industry’ award, he

has also been named among the Top 50 global localisation influencers by Nimdzi. He serves on the

National Executive Committee of the National Language Translation Mission set up by the Ministry

of Electronics & IT, Government of India, and leads initiatives as the co-chair of two committees

at FICCI. Sandeep also contributes on several advisory boards and is presently the vice president

of the Alliance Française, Pune. He is a popular columnist and author who is currently working on

his first fiction novel and has been commissioned to write two film scripts.

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