'India's ability to be multi-lingual has kept us together' | ummid.com

'India's ability to be multi-lingual has kept us together' | ummid.com
What with 900 languages alive and kicking, possibly the most for any country in the world, it is this multi-lingual ability that has kept the Indian fabric together, says G.N. Devy, the man whose monumental People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI), a 13-year effort with the help of 3,000 volunteers, showed up the county with its "many complexities".