Indian English is not one melody. India has hundreds of languages, and each speaker's English carries the tune of the first language underneath it. A listener who has learned one speaker's rises and rhythms meets the next speaker and finds the pattern changed: the rises are higher, or there are fewer of them, or the ends of phrases swing differently, or the rhythm bounces where before it flowed. What you will learn: • Why the melody changes with the first language • Hindi-influenced English • Punjabi-influenced English • Gujarati-influenced English • Marathi-influenced English • Following words through the melody • Practice: decode the scene • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.