Let’s not pretend anymore. The classroom system, the tuition batches, the grammar textbooks — they’ve tried. But they’ve failed too many learners for too long. We can’t keep using the same methods and expect new results.
For years, we’ve been telling students to sit straight, follow rules, memorise tenses, and get marks in English. And still, lakhs of people in this country, even after graduation, are afraid to speak. They understand English, they can write a little, but when it’s time to speak — they go blank, they freeze, they doubt themselves.
That’s not because they’re weak. It’s because the system never trained them to speak. It only trained them to obey.
The next generation of speakers will not come from that same system. They will come from outside of it. They will come from people who are using their phones at 11 PM to practise. From young men talking to ChatGPT quietly so no one laughs. From women in small towns who never went to English medium schools, but are now sending voice notes in English on WhatsApp. From job-seekers using AI to prepare for interviews when no coaching centre would take them seriously. From dreamers who were told “you’re too late” — but they refused to believe it.
These speakers will not be created in rows of benches. They will be created in moments of courage.
And this is why I say — AI is not the enemy. It’s the partner. It gives access where the system gave rejection. It gives practice where the classroom gave silence. It gives feedback where the teacher said, “Beta, you’re too weak.”
The MKPF model I teach — mindset, knowledge, practice, feedback — becomes 10 times more powerful when you mix it with AI. Because now the learner is not waiting for a teacher. They are learning on their own terms, at their own time, at their own speed.
This is not just about English. This is about justice. Because when a boy from a government school speaks confidently in a job interview, when a girl from a Marathi medium school cracks an international client call, when a parent in a village understands a doctor’s advice in English — that’s not just fluency. That’s dignity. That’s power.
India’s next million fluent speakers will be bilingual, bold, and built by self-effort — not batch systems. They’ll rise through mobile screens, AI tools, and missions like this one. They won’t need permission to speak. They’ll just speak.
And when they do — the whole country will hear something new.
Not perfect English.
But honest, clear, confident voices — finally heard.