Indian professionals aiming for H1B visas face the challenge of English proficiency testing, which, despite not being an official requirement, is crucial for job offers in sectors like STEM and ...

“Accent by itself is a shallow measure of language proficiency, the linguistic equivalent of judging people by their looks.

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A German woman is capturing widespread attention on the internet — not just for her fluent Malayalam, but for her unique explanation of why she speaks English with a distinctly Indian accent. A viral ...

Mumbai-based comedians Anuvab Pal and Kunaal Roy Kapur, Code Switch's Tasneem Raja and NPR's Amita Kelly talk about what "Thank you, come again!"... What's So Funny About The Indian Accent? Episode 15 ...

One of the finest things on the Internet is a post titled, “Concepts With Which Boys at Parties Have Asked Me If I’m Familiar.” The article, which is nothing more than a spreadsheet of terms like ...

Casting other-language actors needn’t be a frowned-upon practice, especially in times that more and more borders are drawn to separate man from man. You only need to write around it.

Aziz Ansari once turned down a role in 2007’s “Transformers” because he refused to do an Indian accent. His friend Ravi Patel took the role instead, and while Ansari doesn’t fault him for it, the ...

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