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Not going to lie - pretty dull so far. Just a series of mundane conversations organized by topic, sometimes grammar, spelling, accents, etc. I thought it would go farther into grammar and why these conventions exist, but instead it’s just small anecdote after small anecdote. I’ll keep reading though because it’s a good book to make you sleepy when you’re trying to get to bed.

Perhaps because this is written by a journalist rather than a historian, I am finding the structure of this book a little confusing. The writer doesn't lay down the difference between racism and castism until Chapter 6 or 7, or provide an intro to the Indian Caste System until that time. I wish that came earlier in the book but, being a reporter, leading with the illustrative anecdotes before the theory makes sense?