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There was an era when India was popular as the land of diversity. It still is known by the same title, however, the reality it seems is a bit different and has taken a 180 in recent years. People are finding new topics to fight with each other on a daily basis, from state, region, to language, almost anything can be turned into a debate these days. Exemplifying the same, a video recently came forward, which triggered another such debate among netizens. The said video was of two men arguing with each other, where one of the men was imposing Marathi on the other. Meanwhile, the other ridiculed the demand and dubbed Hindi the ‘national language’. The video of the brawl soon went viral and triggered a language debate. 

The video was shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), by the handle ‘Shalini kumawat ( हिन्द की नारी )’. It was later reshared by the handle ‘Ghar ke kalesh’, with the caption, “Kalesh b/w Pro-Marathi activist and a guy over not speaking Marathi in Maharashtra.”

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The video went viral and left many triggered and received a whole lot of reactions from people. Most people ridiculed the man forcing others to speak the regional language, while the rest highlighted the importance of the need for a language Bill. The post was shared yesterday and pulled 86K views from netizens. 

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Taking to the commentary section, people shared their take. “Marathi didn’t pay for the food, the Marathi guy diverted the topic to Marathi vs non-Marathi. Easy Peasy,” a user said. “Now, we'll have to learn different languages before traveling within our own country,” said a second person. “Bro knows Hindi. But asking people who don’t understand Marathi to speak in Marathi. Divided by Language United by the Maldives,” joined a third person. “If you have guts then ask all film stars to speak in Marathi. Ask all Marathi actors to not work in Hindi movies,” joined a fourth person. 

“In short - In my Maharashtra, if can't speak Marathi is OK! , but don't disrespect the Marathi language by forcing us to speak Hindi only,” commented another. “The time has come. Now the government has to introduce a bill for ‘One Nation, One Language.’ That day is not far when there might be riots over language,” said the next.

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