I thought I will share this.
I work with 5 young guys from India, all on their own in Canada. They kinda makes me think of the 1838 group of indians who came to BG. These chaps cook for themselves, wash their clothes and all wants to businessmen in Canada. Just like the 1838 group all looking for a better deal in life.
The reason I decided to share this, I just asked the one from Kerala, how do you communicate with the other workers who are from Gujarat, Hyderabaad, Punjab and Bihar. His reply, "we all know some words from Hindi movies." I realized, that is basically all I know as well, just a few words of hindi. Thank God for the British Raj, dey gave us English for unity even though curry binds us all as Indians.