Former chief economic advisor in finance ministry Shankar Acharya made an interesting observation at a recent function when he said the official language at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could well be Telugu. His reason: The people on the dais were well-versed in the language.
He was referring to D. Subbarao, Y.V. Reddy, M. Narasimham and C. Rangarajan – the first being the incumbent governor of the central bank and the others being his predecessors.
When told that among them Rangarajan was not from Andhra Pradesh, and strictly not Telugu-speaking, Acharya was quick to pose a query in reply: “Was he not the governor of Andhra Pradesh for five years?”
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