English | Hindi | Punjabi | Haryanvi | Kannada | Tamil | Telugu | Marathi | Bengali | French|
These are more or less the sum of all languages spoken at Flipkart. Well, not so much ’spoken between us’ - more like ‘one of us possesses some degree of fluency in’. Almost everyone speaks at least 2 languages and understands at least 3; seems like utter chaos to the everyday outsider, mostly because only we possess the blueprint to the method behind the madness.
For one, communication is never a problem. Whether on the phone with customers or dealing with day to day operations, the person most fluent in the language takes charge. Admittedly, there are times when it turns into a game of Chinese Whispers and Connect The Dots, but by now I think, we’re all very familiar with the rules.
Presenting Some of the Players:
The Bansals: English, Hindi, Punjabi
Sujeet: English, Hindi, Haryanvi
Iyyappa: English, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, garnishes of Hindi
Nandu (Our Man Friday): Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, smattering of English
Yours Truly: English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, French
I can’t wait for the day we get into the regional language publications market!
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Am waiting for a long time to shop Tamil books in flipkart, I think I can see the destination soonish
It sounds like the refugee centre I used to work in! LOL. Somehow the message always gets through.
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Oh yeah ! I’d love to buy Bengali books via flipkart. When’s that going to happen ? Pretty please.
its a very easy to buy books in flipkart
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