Can merry-making ever skip the off-tune glories of community singing? From movie songs and folk music to Indian pop, sing-alongs have a way of thought-transferring song charts. Shrill, soft or sweet — all voices are habitually on the same page. And raising a toast to that celebratory spirit, Cheers2Bhasha — an initiative aimed at preserving Indian languages — is upholding Hindi with a game of antakshari.

Hindi Diwas is observed on September 14, and that’s when Lopamudra Mohanty, founder of the platform, introduced the concept to the users. The parlor game of the ending letter comes with a twist, she tells us. “I began the Reel saga with the song, Lakdi ki kathi. The word that I ended with was ‘dauda’. So the next person who wants to pick the cue, must use that ending word in the first line of their song.