What Did Tamilians Say to the Centre’s Hindi Imposition? Not Today
What do the people of Chennai feel about Hindi being made compulsory? Listen to the podcast for the story!
A very rare thing happened on 3 June–AR Rahman, who usually keeps to himself and his business, and rarely meddles in politics tweeted, "Beautiful decision. Hindi is not compulsory in Tamil Nadu... The draft has been edited"–which shows just how serious Tamil Nadu is when it comes to Hindi imposition.
In this episode of The Big Story, we talk about the three-language plan that the MHRD came up with in its new draft of the National Education Policy, which, if passed, would make Hindi compulsory for students in the southern states of India.
We spoke to the people of Chennai about their thoughts on this proposal. What do they feel and how have they reacted? Listen to the podcast for the story!
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