[INDOLOGY] Language use at the site of the Statue of Unity

[Richard G. Salomon]

Well, to start with, the "Russian" is merely the English transcribed into
the Cyrillic alphabet -- as are the Hindi, Gujarati, and (I think) the
Urdu, but not the Bangla ("ekataa muurti"), French, and Spanish. Hard to
see the logic.

The selection of languages seems to have been made on the basis of some
list of the most widely spoken languages in the world/in India.

Rich Salomon

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 12:52 PM Preston, Charles via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Meanwhile, Patel in an address to Congress on independent India: “Its
> leaders would neither use a foreign language nor rule from a remote place
> 7,000 feet above sea level.”
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> Also Patel at the beginning of a speech on unity:  “You want me to talk to
> you in English.  I shall obey your command; but take it from me that it
> will not be long before you yourselves will have to speak in our national
> language.  If you do not do that, you will drag the country backward.”
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> That speech goes on to condemn the RSS:
> https://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/selected-speeches-and-writings-of-vallabhbhai-patel-an-excerpt/.
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> Oh, the irony!
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> -Charles
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> Charles S. Preston
> Millsaps College
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> On Nov 2, 2018, at 1:52 PM, Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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