Can there ever be a genuine social revolution until the consciousness of the elite is roused, and they become aware of the world of poverty and injustice in which we live; and of their own role in perpetuating that world? Its only then that the elite can get involved in bringing about change, or so believe those who believe in the possibility of change from within. In our country (and in other developing countries with the colonial past the neo-colonial ones) the elite is an internal one, ruling group sharply distinguished from the masses. And nothing marks the difference between the elite and the masses more in India than their different relationships to the English language.