01131pab a2200181 454500 180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Tangirala, Maruthi P. Language choice and life chances: evidence from the civil services examination 2009 p.16-20. 26 Sep Careers in the civil service are a continuing source of prestigious employment to the middle and upper classes of non-metropolitan India, even as a erstwhile elite classes look for greener pastures. Differential access to languages, especially to English, distinguishes the "national" and regional elites in India. This article presents evidence relating to language choice from the civil services exams post-1979. The perceptible changes in preferences of candidates taking this exam reflect a new confidence with using Indian languages led by Hindi and mirror the larger changes in the linguistic landscape and in linguistic relations. - Reproduced. Civil service - India Civil service Economic and Political Weekly N 83911 83911 83911 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 44, Issue no: 39 AR84371 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR