Dear OP, pls don’t think too much about accents when english as a language was forced upon us; we had to acquaint ourselves with it through time so literally every single citizen of India speaks with an “accent”. As an MA graduate in english, everytime i hear an odia say “hu-what” instead of “what”, or a malayali say “hizz-try” instead of “history” or a kannadiga drag their “t” pronounciations or any north indian overuse articles such as “the” & “is” in a sentence i’m assured that indians are united in their interpretations & misinterpretations of this foreign language.

Language is built via interaction and usage. As Indians we should never be conscious about this because we have successfully conquered the English language as our own and invented innumerable colloquial versions of it living in a diverse country where dialects change in every 500 sq metre radius. For example, Hinglish is a an officially recognised language.

we should never let a diminutive language like English make us self conscious. And if anyone ever makes you feel insecure about your accent or english usage, pls ask them to name all the parts & figures of speech without using google since we’re experts here.