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100 _aTangirala, Maruthi P.
245 _aLanguage choice and life chances: evidence from the civil services examination
260 _c2009
300 _ap.16-20.
362 _a26 Sep
520 _aCareers 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.
650 _aCivil service - India
650 _aCivil service
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
908 _aN
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