ROW OVER LANGUAGE TURNS VIOLENT IN INDIA'S RICHEST STATE
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✍️ A language and identity battle has been raging in India's richest state, Maharashtra, over the compulsory teaching of Hindi as a third language in primary schools.
👉 Maharashtra government made Hindi compulsory as a third language in primary schools 👉 Opposition from civil society groups, language activists, and opposition leaders 👉 Controversy over Hindi imposition in non-Hindi speaking states 👉 Language is linked to regional pride and identity in India 👉 Government revoked decision and appointed a committee to re-examine the three-language policy
-- #AbhayDeshpande #UddhavThackeray #RajThackeray #BalThackeray #PrashantDixit #NarendraModi #Maharashtra #Mumbai #Thanedistrict #Bengaluru #UttarPradesh #Bihar #politics
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