India, July 13 -- The language we speak and what we call our mother tongue is integral to our identities. In electoral politics, public representatives typically present themselves as spokes persons for not only a caste or community but also a language. Post-independence, Sardar Patel and our inspiring makers of modern India, carved out Indian states on linguistic and cultural similarities. The State Reorganisation Act, 1956 - a landmark legislation, which entailed the much-loved idea of 'unity in diversity', respecting each other's linguistic identity, and securing unique native and vernacular languages. At the same time, we had to accept that in any given state of India, there will be a multilingual culture, and peaceful co-existence wh...