The language war initiated by the Tamil Nadu government over the alleged imposition of Hindi, courtesy of the three-language formula prescribed in the Centre’s National Education Policy, has only sharpened the North-South divide.

The MK Stalin government has accused the Centre of delaying disbursement of funds under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan because of the state’s failure to accept the NEP, while the Centre has denied any attempt to impose Hindi.

Both sides have only hardened their stance, with the latest flashpoint being the Tamil Nadu government dropping the rupee symbol in the state budget, allegedly because it uses the Devanagari script, and using the term ‘ru’ in Tamil instead. This resulted in a slanging match between the DMK leaders and the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, who........

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