On the occasion of Hindi Diwas, Amit Shah said that India needed one language to project its identity out into the world and if there was one language that could unite the country today, it would be Hindi.
Does what Amit Shah said hold water? Or is it a matter of imposing Hindi upon the many who prefer their mother tongue and English for purposes of communication?
Swarajya writers Nishtha Anushree and Harsha Bhat discuss the issue on this episode of Swarajya Standard.
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