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What’s behind the tussle between the Modi government and Tamil Nadu over Hindi?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is implementing a new National Education Policy that prescribes a three-language policy for schools across the country.
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BENGALURU - Mrs Krishnaveni, 32, has a secret: She has been learning Hindi from a neighbourhood tutor.
The Tamil speaker wanted to pick up Hindi to better converse with the college students she cooks dinner for. But she was hesitant to admit it, following the revival of a decades-old quarrel between the Tamil Nadu government and the federal government over the language.
