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[ravi]

Chris Doss wrote:
> It's the nefarious influence of Gilligan's Island,
> Joanna.
> 
> Ravi, what was this "Hindustandi" pan-Indian language
> Ghandi was thinking of?
> 

A sort of combination of Hindi and Urdu (AFAIK as an attempt to unite 
the Hindu and Muslim populations). Here's some history:

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/01/18/stories/2004011800040300.htm
http://www.languageinindia.com/april2005/earlygandhi1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustani_language

Of course it does not address the misgivings of the South where Hindi 
(or Hindustani) is not widely spoken. As mentioned earlier, the 
imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu was met with widespread protests and 
rioting.

	--ravi