Avy
Thanks for your posts here. Like Shona, I'm proud to be associated with a Board that manages (if such reification of a virtual entity is allowed) to respond with such warmth, passion and eloquence.
In keeping with the subject of this thread, I wonder if the globalisation of English might be less confused if words and grammatical idiosyncracies from nations like India could be introduced to 'mainstream' English, much as vast swathes of Amercian English become the norm (thanks Hollywood).
For me, for instance, common Indian English terms like morcha and, of course, 'eve teasing' are just crying out to be used in mainstream English. Given a choice, I'd also introduce (though their history, even in Indian English, is not spectacular) hungama, and rada.
What are your favourite Indian English words or grammatical (syntactical purely?) innovations that, in your opinion, would help enrich global English?
cheer
the sunshine warrior
