In a country as linguistically diverse as India, the question of language is not just about communication; it’s about identity, culture, and power. While Hindi is often presumed to the Rashtrabhasha (national language), the fact is, it never officially became one. Instead, Hindi holds the constitutional status of Rajbhasha (official language), a crucial but fundamentally different designation. The the issue resurfaced recently when the Maharashtra government was forced to withdraw its decision to make Hindi a compulsory third language in government schools after a surge of protests, the first major backlash against Hindi in the state in recent memory. Watch this report by NDTV’s Apurva Adhikari for a better perspective.
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