English as a Language of Liberation: Dominant Monolingual Practices in TSWREI Society as a Medium to Empower Students of Underprivileged Communities

English as a language and medium of instruction have pierced so much into the minds of people that it seems so important to acquire proficiency and command over this language without which one cannot survive. With such a mindset, people go so far even to give up on learning and speaking in their mother tongue and decide to never go to a mother tongue medium school because the implications are unimaginable. In the light of this stake, I critique the dominant monolingual practices and initiatives laid in the English language and medium of instruction in Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society which inevitably ‘empower’ the students coming from weaker sections of the community and ‘liberate’ them from various forms of societal stigmas and oppressions.