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I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.

I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.

Hindi is far easier a language to pick up than Tamil.

Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.

I am most familiar with the Gujarati language.

I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.

I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.

It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.

I am a 10th class pass in Hindi. From 7th grade to 12th grade, I was in Delhi; before that, I was abroad. I came in not knowing a word of Hindi in 7th grade and learned Hindi and passed the exam in 10th. I think I was north of 50 percent, so I feel very proud of that accomplishment.