Eight identical Dravidian twins in khaki looked out of the eight portholes of the cabin–the stewards.

八个穿咔叽制服的一模一样的德拉维黛多生子从机舱的八个舷窗里往外望着——是乘务员。

This was welcomed by some (particularly in the Dravidian speaking areas of southern India, who preferred English as a lingua franca to the Hindi alternative), but opposed and derided by others.

这受到了一些人的欢迎（特别是在印度南部的德拉威语区， 他们更喜欢英语作为通用语而不是印地语）， 但遭到其他人的反对和嘲笑。