"India has a population of 1.2 billion people, but it has long been dominated by a tiny elite: a couple of hundred extended families, totaling perhaps 4,000-5,000 people... Many of these dynasties have roots that stretch back to the colonial era, implying at least seven decades of dominance." These families maintain their British English languages skills, honed in Oxford and Cambridge during their adolescent academic pilgrimages to the hallowed halls of their former Imperial masters.
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