India, Sept. 14 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Dear fellow citizens,
Heartiest greetings to all of you on Hindi Diwas.
Our India is fundamentally a language-oriented nation. Our languages have been a powerful medium for carrying forward culture, history, traditions, knowledge, science, philosophy, and spirituality from generation to generation. From the heights of the Himalayas to the vast beaches of the South, from the desert to the rugged forests and village chaupalas, languages have shown the way to man in every situation to stay organized and move forward unitedly through communication and expression.
"Walk together, think together, and speak together" has been the core mantra of our linguistic-cult...