People have been adorned in traditional attire in various corporate offices. It is a sight that is quite strange to encounter in the formal workplace. It is the attire that people typically wear for functions at home and rarely ever bring into the office, unless it is Cultural Day or, as in this case, Heritage Day. The level of pride and confidence that people show when they are in this attire is inspiring, and typically in complete contrast to the person who roams the corridors on the other days of the year. Even the quietest people become more noticeable. Something similar happens when it comes to languages. People tend to be far more expressive and influential when they have an opportunity to converse in their own language. We are quite far off from living in a reality where all the 11 official languages can have a place in day-to-day corporate business. We are also far off from a world where we stop conforming to the standard corporate attire and instead opt for the expressive t...
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