Politics of Language in Contemporary India | Arup Kumar Sen

Very recently, the language debate has taken a distinctly political turn in India. The present political regime of the BJP at the centre is currently locked in an intense language debate with Tamil Nadu, where the ruling DMK has been contesting the alleged imposition of Hindi through the three-language formula under the National Education Policy, 2020. The Tamil Nadu chief minister, M K Stalin, reiterated his stance on the language debate, asserting that the State is