True that, but somehow I never think of India as a country, only a bunch of mini-states. Can a country be a country if there is no common language? Look at Canada and what we are becoming.
I think so -- there have been instances in the past where there is an official language at the state level and different local levels
In India there are 2 national level languages - Hindi and English in which all national level communication must be provided
I think they should actually make it Sanskrit instead of Hindi -- Hindi is an over-simplified Indo-European tongue, with only two cases. Sanskrit has the full 8
I heard a fellow from India on a Canadian call-in show (radio) years ago mention the greatest benefit the British gave India was a common language.