<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by B747-437B:
Try speaking Hindi anywhere south of Maharashtra and see how far you get! 
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Well if you go to Banglore/Hyderabad and speak in hindi you will easliy get answer...i never got any problem in banglore while i don't know any other south indian language.....i know i know banglore is not whole South but still you can't say that Hindi is not spoken in South same is true at Kolkata. you can easily get hindi spoken people there.