The Essay - Johnson Now - Post-Colonial Johnson

Four contemporary writers reflect on the mighty linguistic shadow cast by the compiler of the first great dictionary of the English language, Samuel Johnson. Johnson's monumental Dictionary set the standard; after Johnson had pronounced, English could never be the same again. In this series four very different writers from across the world reflect on the Johnsonian linguistic heritage as it plays out in their own world and their own lives... Rudrangshu Mukherjee - Senior Editor of the Calcutta Telegraph - on how Johnson's shadow plays across Indian English. Producer: Marya Burgess (repeat).