tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15226102.post114985629039026431..comments2024-02-27T15:52:41.456+05:30Comments on Rumia: The Babel that is IndiaOzymandiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511131076572113582noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15226102.post-1151484174692908692006-06-28T14:12:00.000+05:302006-06-28T14:12:00.000+05:30"You can actually write to your unfriendly neighbo..."You can actually write to your unfriendly neighbourhood government babu in Sanskrit and expect a reply. If he doesn't he is liable to answer you in court."<BR/><BR/>More often than not, of course, nothing happens. Forget exotic Sanskrit; as the <A HREF="http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/23.htm" REL="nofollow">report of the National Commissioner Linguistic Minorities</A> states:<BR/><BR/>"One more point is about the almost total reluctance to receive the applications and representations in the local languages notwithstanding the Constitutional provisions. There is even less inclination to reply to them in the same language." (39.7)<BR/><BR/>"Constitutional provisions": As the Esperanto proverb has it, "Granda parolisto estas duba faristo."गिरिधर | giridhar | గిరిధర్https://www.blogger.com/profile/00964919802142337619noreply@blogger.com