Bhubaneswar, Jan 13: Meet Dhiraj Takri a 21-year-old from Odisha's Nabarangpur who has become Instagram’s recent favourite English teacher. He vouches for a distinct American accent and is hurtling towards a million followers.

Users from across the country are sharing his reels where he is seen teaching spoken English in a near-perfect American accent. But what really will surprise you is that Takri himself has “never received any formal education and actually failed [his] class 12 exams”.

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About Takri's language learning journey he shares how he began learning the language in 2019 and started working on getting the right American accent about two years later, that is in 2021.

Today, Takri creates engaging desi content that utilises memes and movie clips to teach people how to speak with a local accent.

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His story unfolds as a unique blend of determination, self-improvement, and the desire to connect with a global audience.

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