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Jun 30, 2014
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Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi is much more fluent in English than most people assume. He rarely speaks the language in public or in private meetings, and seems to be encouraging his cabinet to make Hindi the language of ministerial discourse.

“He’s not comfortable in English unless he is making a prepared speech”, his supporters often say.

Yet 12 ye…

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