The decision by Maharashtra govt to make it important for Maharashtra taxi drivers to learn and read marathi is not at all shocking as it is always expected by them to do something that hinders the peace of the nation. The idea of providing permits to drivers who have 15 years of domicile is not enough now they need to know how to read and write marathi. The politicians are playing divide and rule policy within their regions. This idea of discriminating people who are new and are working in maharashtra can be a problem for them.We live in a democratic country, there are no boundations on anyone to know a specific language if we belong to that particular region. Hindi is our mother tongue and if people are comfortable with the language then it does not makes any sense to impose these laws. People living in a particular region should know their local language, its desirable but making it mandatory to learn marathi is not right. We should not forget that first we are Indians and then we belong to a particular religion or region. Our first duty is that we should respect our mother tongue. The idea to learn marathi goes completely against the constitution of India. This idea of discrimination is even worse then racism.
