“With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives. However, even if the level of customer service is exceptional, the extent to which poorly-understood accents trump quality of service speaks to English-speaking customers' growing intolerance of non-native speech, more so than in other countries.” IfsCountryJobsMovingSpeakUnderstandingLevelsQualitySupportGrowingTrumpSpeechUnderstoodIndiaDifficultyChinaCustomersNativeFrustrationSurprisingIntoleranceRepresentativesOther CountriesAccentsExceptionalEnglish SpeakingChina And India Author:Bob Hayes
“When I speak of Team India I believe that the foundation for India's development will not be the single pillar of the Central Government, but 30 pillars comprising the Central Government and all our States.” BelieveStatesGovernmentSpeakI BelieveTeamDevelopmentIndiaFoundationGovernancePillarsCentral Government Author:Narendra Modi
“Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.” ActorsSpeakIndiaComicTimingUrdu Author:Sanjeev Bhaskar
“Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji was the One, the Baba, Holy Man, mendicant, he didn't speak English. We talked to him and it was hard to know him, he was an ancient holy man and I was a 21 year old seeker. So I never knew what was going on, I mean I don't really know what's going on now, my guess work is a little better perhaps.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsMeanLittlesHardSpeakHolyIndiaAncientEducatedSpokesSeekersKrishnaBabaInterpreterSpeak EnglishRamsHoly Man Author:Surya Das
“I can say that China has been cooperating with India to search for solutions. On some issues, it's a question of principles for them. On some issues, it's a question of principles for us. On some issues they differ with us and there are issues on which we differ with them. There are some basic differences. But the most important thing is that we can speak to China eye-to-eye and put forth India's interests in the most unambiguous manner.” Has BeensI CanImportantEyeSpeakInterestDifferencesPrinciplesIssuesSolutionsIndiaImportant ThingsChinaCooperating Author:Narendra Modi
“We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day.” PeopleHomeSpeakMessagesIndiaTonightAmazing Day Author:Joel Osteen
“So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos of secularism broadly prevails, so long as citizens can speak and write in the language of their choosing, so long as there is an integrated market and a moderately efficient civil service and army, and — lest I forget — so long as Hindi films are watched and their songs sung, India will survive” WritingLongFilmSongSpeakLanguageForgetCitizensIndiaConstitutionArmyElectionRecognitionEfficientSecularismIntegratedHindiEthosCivil Service Book:India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy Source: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
“No one is perfect and everyone is different, but everyone one is beautiful in their own way and that's what makes us special.For me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international platform and a lot of people actually would assume that I wasn`t even educated in India because of the way I'd speak.” PeopleWayYearsDifferentBeautifulGirlSpeakPerfectBeautySpecialIndiaAssumingInternationalEducatedQueensPlatformsBeauty QueenEveryone Is Different Author:Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
“This doctrine of prenatal influence is now slowly being recognized, and science as well as religion calls out: 'Keep yourself holy, and pure.' So deeply has this been recognized in India, that there we even speak of adultery in marriage, except when marriage is consummated in prayer.” WellsSpeakPrayerMarriageInfluenceHolyPureIndiaDoctrineAdultery Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity.” IfsHas BeensMadeSpeakLanguageDiversityIndiaUnityUnity In Diversity Author:Rabindranath Tagore