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Ep 266: Ram Guha Reflects on His Life

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Language Is a Window to Other Cultures

Carpetri was a deep mythogenist. He may have been a brilliant biggot, that's fine, but he was a bigget none the less. I don't know enough about different languages, but i think you captured it well. It there certain registers available in hindu stani that would not be available in english for one who knows both languages and so on. So absolutely is the reason why people you know such as kasha de siradu are fluent in all four of India's major language groups. And their jokes and allusions would flow effortlessly in the three languages they shared. If you ever get Arvin christna merota to come on your programme,

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