India, April 24 -- Despite being one of the largest English-speaking nations in the world, a sizable chunk of the Indian populace finds it difficult to communicate proficiently in the language. For context, of the 1.4 Bn Indians living in the country, it is estimated that only 265 Mn individuals are competent in the language. The wide gap could be blamed on the limited exposure to the language, rural-urban disparity and more influence of the mother tongue.

Bridging this is My Sivi, an English language learning AI platform, which has been designed to make Indians proficient in the language. But little does anyone know that the platform is the product of its founder's inhibition of being unable to maintain a steady conversation in English....