A very slow yet steady move has been noticed in communication in English. Education is the prime ground where the necessity of English communication is felt.
This a satire news article, which 'reports' that the government has added 280 character essays to the educational curriculum in an attempt to train students to use Twitter in the future.
Note: I have chosen an image of a school from your media library and added the twitter logo on top of it.
In 1665 Cambridge University temporarily closed due to Bubonic Plague. Sir Isaac Newton had to work from home and he used this downtime to come up with calculus and theory of gravity.
His massive pool of knowledge about India and her civilization, and second, his ethos and values which any child receives who comes from a poor or middle class background.