Did Gayatri know English? - Page 2

I dont know just guessing may be she didnt understand "Black coffee" bcoz i believe coffee might be a common word but not black coffee.

I think Gayatri is educated in Hindi Medium. So she has difficulty in understanding English. Moreover Indian at that time were more accustomed to Tea rather than Coffee. In North India mostly ppl start their day with Tea (Chai) rather than Coffee. It was the pre-independence Era. Ppl took more pride in getting educated in Hindi Medium or in their Mother Tongue rather than learning English. I think Gayatri has good command over Hindi Language rather than English. That day Gayatri gave fitting reply to British officer because he was talking in Hindi.

i think that time coffee wasn't that common so she doesn't understand what is coffee...about English i think she doesn't know English that time most of girls were not educated but Gayatri is but i don't think she has learned English since she has learned frm her brother's textbooks so don't know she has ever been to school or not ?😕

In intitai episodes they showed her reading Hindu books not English books..she might gave studied in Hindi medium..she answers back to that britshers because he was talking in Hindi...and moreover its not necessary everyone knows everything...

Maybe Gayatri is literate in Hindi and not English. And that is not a bad thing. It's not that not knowing English makes her inferior. Considering that this is the 1940s, the fact that Gayatri is literate atleast in Hindi is a big deal since education wasn't considered very important for girls.

The other possibility is that Gayatri knows English but doesn't know what 'black coffee' is or hasn't heard that term. The word 'black coffee' wasn't probably used among commoners back then. Actually, coffee itself wasn't a prevalent beverage among them. And so when she hears it, she could not make an immediate association of what that meant.

In those days even drinking tea during breakfast was not common... So I think she didn't know about Coffee,that too black coffee! Thats why she was shocked!!