Maharashtra: Marathi vs Hindi — two steps ahead, one step again

Curiously, each the language advisory committee and former training minister of the state Deepak Keskar have identified that Hindi is alreadycompulsory from Class 5 to 7. The NEP, the committee stated, lays down that college students purchase proficiency of their mom tongue from class 1 to five, in English from class 6 to eight and in a 3rd language later.

It’s excessive time the Union training minister clears the air and places an finish to the confusion across the third language. Above all, he should deal with Stalin’s query about assets to have interaction lecturers for a 3rd language. An audit of how the twolanguage system has labored thus far can also be wanted earlier than the BJP muddies the water with politics over languages.

BMC versus the Jain mandir

The demolition of a 35-year-old Jain temple in Vile Parle introduced members of the Jain group out on the streets. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP have tried very exhausting to mission Jainism as an integral a part of the Hindu society. A working battle continues in a number of states, together with Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, by Hindus to acceptable Jain shrines. There have been violent assaults on Jain monks in Singoli in MP and audio clips of BJP leaders calling Jains being worse than Muslims and Ravan created rigidity after they had been shared on social media.

The dispute over the alleged unlawful occupation of Shri Girnar Ji temple in Gujarat can also be but to be resolved. In opposition to this backdrop, the sudden demolition of the temple by the BMC within the coronary heart of Mumbai was baffling. Why would the BMC demolish the temple regardless of understanding that the dispute over its legality was pending earlier than the Bombay Excessive Courtroom?