Thoughtful. And there's more to English than appears on the surface. You have many types, layers and coherence levels of Indian English. All that happens is that the socio-cultural hierarchy now depends on these parameters. For example, if a Narendra Modi says "export to foreign", then a Manu Joseph will point it out with a tut-tut.

Yet, the people who do not know English, are definitely the new out-castes. As Ashok Malik says, they are Macaulay's orphans, perhaps needing quick admission to the Lord's own language.