'Language War' Roils Coming Provincial Polls in India's South

'Language War' Roils Coming Provincial Polls in India's South

By: Nirupama SubramaniamPhoto from PTIA simmering political row over the Narendra Modi government's alleged scheme to impose Hindi, the language spoken in most of North India, in the opposition-ruled south Indian state of Tamil Nadu where people speak mainly Tamil, is threatening to resurrect old strains in the country's federal model.The “language war” is likely the stage setter for a south vs north battle that could dominate next year's provin…