Anjali Damania withdraws resignation from AAP New Delhi, June 5: Like many other cultural practices that are a legacy of British colonial rule, English remained the lingua franca of the Indian diplomacy since the countrys independence in 1947. All conversations and correspondence by members of the elite Indian Foreign Service were conducted largely in English, even though Hindi is the countrys national language. But that is about to change. With a new nationalist government in power, Hindi is now becoming the new language of Indian diplomacy and Indian diplomats, particularly not so conversant with the language in this multilingual nation that is home to 22 official language and hundreds of others not so official, are scrambling to master it to be able to keep pace with their new political masters. newsbharati//Encyc/2014/6/5/122749.aspx
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 05:57:47 +0000
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