Former foreign minister Dinesh Singh, from Uttar Pradesh, once complained bitterly to me that Hindi would have triumphed but for Tamil Nadu.

• 来自乌塔普拉德许省的印度前外交部长迪奈许辛，曾经挖苦地抱怨说，印地语原本是可以胜出的，除了在坦米尔纳都一地之外。