Broken English: Every Indian Kid's Ordeal | Esha Manwani | TEDxHLCC

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Published 2018-05-21

A lot of kids are judged for their inability to speak correct English. Esha Manwani couldn't speak English until she was 15. How is she giving this TEDx Talk today? A proactive, self-motivated woman who has worked as Senior Lead – Brand Collaborations, Terribly Tiny Tales; Partnerships and Strategic Alliances Manager, Housing.com; Content Associate, Zomato; Account Executive, Hanmer MSL and Junior Staff Writer, Haymarket Sac Publishing India, only to quit all of those and get into a business of hers. With a passion for literature, she has beautifully drawn a parallel between her personal relationships and her career in her talk at TEDxSayajigunj. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

All Comments (21)

@dharmendrasharma9541 5 years ago

In India, people treat English like it's another branch of science...
@pratikgiri2536 3 years ago

People fail to understand that "English is just a language " but sadly people compare it with your intelligence.
@avigengo549 4 years ago

How to impress Indians: If u r Indian--speak English A foreigner--speak Hindi
@anunayak9910 4 years ago

I am watching this video to improve my English 😂🤣
@thehellyblog 5 years ago

I wish your English teacher saw this.
@drcwellneascenter 5 years ago

I have been in her shoes too ..in my case it was my maths teacher ,she said am unfit and had low IQ and that's why I am a doctor now with psychology PhD!!
@vinijohn518 5 years ago

My teacher said I will not pass 10 board exams, I passed 10th , completed my Bsc. Nursing and I'm working in US now, through all this God was with me... never give ear to these kind of people.
@archanakumar7880 4 years ago

When someone speaks broken english, it simply mean they are learning someting new...
@maitrisingh1315 5 years ago

never mock a person who speaks broken English.. it means they know some other language!
@ashdudex2 3 years ago

अंग्रेज़ी केवल एक भाषा है बुद्धि मापने का पैमाना नहीं केवल एक भाषा विचार व्यक्त करने के लिए 🙏
@ethnictherapy4349 5 years ago

"When you're 14, we don't know anything. And our teachers, they know everything." This is true in our case.. but no more for today's generation.. Both fortunately and unfortunately..
@palli7922 3 years ago

Everyone is proud of their language whereas we Indians are ashamed of speaking Hindi.
@yellowNred 5 years ago

The point she made was awesome: not to be the best but be the best version of yourself. Pretty inspirational.
@ajaykumartripathi85 5 years ago

We all look up to our teachers But when they instead of guiding us being our mentors mock at us ..it shatters the innocent heart
@pumpiron1657 4 years ago

My English Is broken. But you know what else is? The school system ➕ the outdated teachers.
@dwithunswargiary5536 3 years ago

I'm 21, still my English is broken 😂 anyone here who is same as me??
@bmeguru1844 6 years ago

Our school system never teach us how to speak and listening native speaker... they're following mugging up pattern
@meghanabhange13 5 years ago

So, I met this guy and while we were talking I mispronounced a word. I was a little embarrassed because I knew I was using the word in the right context but couldn't pronounce it, before I could say anything he stared started saying something. "You know a cool thing, it's weird how people look down upon other people who mispronounce words, the only way you can actually know when you use a word without pronouncing it when you've actually read it. You don't look down upon people who read " That was legit one of the nicest thing I've heard someone say.
@BrainFoodCafe 4 years ago

great speech. Top Notch delivery. sooo interacting and can relate most of it.
@sonamsinha1895 3 years ago

Tedx...my dream😍😍😍😍 Gonna speak there some day! 😌😌