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Mass English Education in India

English is the lingua-franca for globalization. If India has to clock 9% annual growth in its GDP, English needs to be central in education of Gen YRI. There will be an increasing demand for multi-lingual speakers by corporate India according to Times of India article “English for Progress”.

Facebook in Indian Language

Facebook is planning on having a version in Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.   Right now Facebook has 200 million users.  By including more Indian languages they expect to bring in more users.
Read more here.