Indian Egnlish, Where Is It? Who The Speakers? Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Indian English,
Not British English,
Neither King's English nor Queen's English,
Nor American English,
Australian,
Caribbean English,
Where,
where is it Indian English,
Who the speakers of it,
Where is it spoken,
In which exotic not,
Common village of India?

Indian English is a language
Of the office,
Law and administration,
The school, the college and the court
And the hospital
And engineering,
Education being given
Logical and reasonable,
Things interpreted,
Patients treated,
Dams and roads made.

Indian English
Can be Bhojpuri English,
Maithili English,
Magadhi, Angika English,
Santhali English,
Bodo English,
Mizo English,
Naga English,
Nepali English,
The Sherpas and the Bhutias
Using in.

When a Bhojpurian speaks,
It appears rough and tough,
A blunt man's Englsih,
When a Maithil speaks,
It appears sugar or jaggery-mixed,
Cut ironical and diplomatic,
When a Santhal with his tribal tone,
It appears
Moglie talking with Bagheera,
Hurly-burly and wild
And ruthless in behaviour,
Heartless and hunting,
But when a Bihari milkman speaks,
He seems to be threatening with a lathi..