My new Yoga teacher speaks no English. He’s young, and comes from a small town in the North. He’s moved to Mumbai to make a living. And still, he communicates via SMS so well, and has evolved his own form of English. I asked him how come he doesn’t text in Hindi, he says its an image thing – he prefers to send his clients English messages. And he said he’s learning English this way too. Imagine the potential for so many who can’t speak but are using Texting and SMS to learn and communicate in the language!
