World history is full of examples of how a language extinction devastates the socio-cultural foundations of the region in which it is spoken. This is what ‘language liberalism’ doesn’t get
In recent weeks, it’s been Maharashtra that’s been the battleground of the three-language formula prescribed by National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The policy requires schools to teach three languages, with at least two of them being Indian languages. Non-Hindi-speaking states have feared that the third language would effectively become Hindi.