I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.
“The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.”
“You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.”