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S2E7: The National Language Puzzle in India

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Nero's Speech on Hindi

Until very recently, french was the recognized diplomatic and cultural language of europe. No englishman or russian, or german or pole objected to french. So all those other languages were growing. And to day, it might be said that english is perhaps replacing french from that proud place of diplomatic eminence. He shifted his focus to english as the language of the colonial masters,. Then he moved to express his views on the issue of hindi versus hindustani.

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