3 months ago

'Hindi is not our national language...': Ravichandran Ashwin sparks language debate

Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently quit from international cricket, has sparked a debate by his recent statement that Hindi is "not our national language but an official language." During the event, Ashwin asked the students if they wanted to ask questions in Tamil, English or Hindi and after asking whether there are any questions in Hindi the former cricketer quipped: "I thought I should say this: Hindi is not our national language; it is an official language." "Hindi is not the national language, it is the official language," affirmed one Zachariah George on platform X. "Hindi is one of the official language of India, not the sole national language.

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