this book is a collection of essays in honour of Debi Prasanna pattanayak, for whom multilingualism and mother tongue education a means to secure social and linguistic justice.&Nbsp; dealing with the concept of multilingualism, this book aims to bring to the reader the evolution of cultures and its direct or indirect relation to language development in a multilingual society. This book comprises a wide variety of essays all brought together by common br>Theme that examines multilingualism and its complexities in terms of sociolinguistic hierarchy. .