Macaulay also hoped Indian English speakers would enrich what he called vernacular dialects, not dignifying them with the title language. But English language teachers and linguists acknowledge that the most significant sociological consequence of sustaining English in India is the gap between the posh English-medium public (thats to say, private) schools and the ordinary government schools. In theory, the position of Indian languages became stronger with the three language policy in schools. But in India, there is a wide difference between what the law says and what actually happens. The route to power, prestige and riches still lies through English. Rajiv Gandhi, who studied in one of Indias most prestigious public schools, the Doon School, was self-admittedly weak in Hindi. And the theory Ive heard most often about his ultimate failure in politics is: "He wasnt educated as an Indian, he didnt understand India." A deep knowledge of a culture can only be obtained through the knowledge of the language(s) of that culture. Solutions to Indian problems require, firstly, an Indian education.