Our funny obsession with accents

I was dawdling on the internet like always and I came across this link to an article.Once.Once again.Again and again.So i opened it just to see what all the fuss was about.Turns out Priyanka Chopra,the global star and Tanmay Bhatt,the AIB guy had a friendly exchange of tweets on some joke,cracked by the latter on the former obviously,which pissed some of priyanka's fans although the said lady was completely okay with it.What was the joke about? Her accent.So that got me thinking, what is it with us and english accents?
    I mean seriously it is everywhere.At every corner of every city these days, you'll find a set of people trying to speak english in a british or an american accent and then there is another set of people mocking them for trying.There are some who do manage to pull it off,some who have actually been abroad,at least for a few years,and can't help but speak that way but there are people who are always there to tease them for it.Sometimes people also get teased for having an accent other than british or american or Indian and so the accent gets termed as fake in general.Honestly it has always puzzled me.
    That character, Raj koothrapalli,from the big bang theory,has an indian accent.Sure, he overdoes it sometimes but frankly it is not far from a normal indian one but we mock it anyways.Priyanka Chopra in quantico does an american accent and we made fun of that too.I know neither of those accents were perfect but i don't see what is wrong in trying! It is not just us "indians" being obsessed with accents but that's a whole other issue and this is me talking about us.Why does it have to get personal? If someone can pull off an accent of a different kind good for them.People argue as to why others feel the need to imitate the western countries.I say come on it is just an accent!We have been imitating others ever since we were born!That's how we learn and grow.The same theory can be applied here too.Now I know this is a little far-fetched but i think Darwin's theory is also applicable here.Kinda.I mean adaptation,survival of the fittest.If some one feels he or she can do better with an accent let them.We actually get defensive of our accent which is funny because it is not like English was originated in India or anything.If you come to think of it,it was brought in by the British right?Its not like its a desi language that is getting westernized or something.It is a videshi language that got a desi touch.There is no cultural or traditional loss of any kind in adapting other accents.What have we got to lose?I am not asking everyone to imitate other accents but don't make fun of those who do.They are only trying to groom themselves which is wrong in no way.It is a actually a shame that,us, a generation that considers itself broad-minded and outspoken can act so idiotic at  times.There is a huge difference between stating an opinion and being outrageously stupid. I think people should accept english being spoken in any accent in india or abroad,by indians or by foreigners as long as the language is understood.Those who get teased should not get affected by it at all because Mockery is the result of a poverty of wit after all.
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