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  HINDI: VICTIM OF POLITICS IN MAHARASTRA After the Hindi-Tamil controversy in Tamil Nadu, now the Marathi-Hindi controversy is increasing rapidly in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray has come out openly against Hindi and said that only two languages ​should be taught in Maharashtra, Marathi and English.     Many states in the country have adopted two languages ​​from class one and have rejected the imposition of Hindi, the reason for this is their linguistic identity. Raj Thackeray has urged Maharashtra Education Minister Dadaji Bhuse to issue a written order to make Marathi and English compulsory from Class One.     He opposed making Hindi compulsory as the third language and warned that the MNS would launch an agitation if the government insisted on teaching three languages. Many states of the country have kept only two languages ​​from the first class and have refused to make Hindi compulsory. The reason for this is their ...

LANGUAGES IN INDIA ARE MEANT TO UNITE, NOT DIVIDE   Recently, on social media, I heard an SBI bank manager in Chandapura, Bangalore, telling a customer, 'I will not speak Kannada; I will speak Hindi.' Hindi is our national language. At the same time, the bank customers were pressuring the bank manager to speak Kannada.    The customer was adamant that the bank manager should talk to her in Kannada. However, the manager clearly said that she would not do so. A video was also made by the woman during the argument, which is currently going viral on social media.     The argument between the bank manager and the customer has sparked controversy although the battle between Kannada and Hindi is an age-old one in Karnataka. Such controversies have been increasing rapidly since Bangalore has emerged as an IT hub where the number of Hindi-speaking people has also increased rapidly. ANGER OF KANNADA ORGANIZATIONS This incident has not only heated up the con...

  THE LANGUAGE DISPUTE IN TAMIL NADU IS DECADES OLD                      Courtesy: THE HINDU Tamil Nadu has opposed national education policies for several decades due to its anti-Hindi stance. This time the dispute between the Centre and Tamil Nadu government is getting deeper. In Tamil Nadu, Congress and leftist parties are also opposing this formula. CM Stanil says that the new education policy weakens social justice, it can endanger the Tamil language. This poses a direct threat to the future of our children. South actress Ranjana Nachiyar is also unhappy with the three-language formula and has resigned from the BJP membership in protest against it. She believes that implementing the three-language policy threatens the linguistic and cultural integrity of the Tamil-speaking people.     Refusal to give money under Samagra Shiksha Yojana The central government has refused to release a budget of Rs 2,152 cr...