A vision of Hindistan
Ours is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multireligious countryâa celebration, a veritable feast of diversity.
by ALOK RAI
Sep 20, 2019
3 minutes
Given that our political life has become a masterclass in Machiavellianism, it is difficult to know what to make of Amit Shah's explosively casual suggestion about Hindi being, or becoming, the national language. It could, after all, be an innocent distraction, an attempt to manipulate the news cycle and divert attention from the bad news that keeps piling up. A few violent anti-Hindi demonstrations in Tamil Nadu and points south, and the
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