A case against offering Sanskrit as part of the three-language formula

Language has remained one of the key political differences in Indian polity. Despite the slogan of unity in diversity, the push for homogenisation surfaces time and again. That is why the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020)and its mandate for the Three-Language Formula (TLF) have raised eyebrows in the south.

The CBSE’s recent announcement to introduce TLF from Std. VI, is in alignment with the NEP, has triggered another political standoff between the Centre and the non-Hindi-speaking states . It has emerged as one of the DMK’s key electoral planks in the ongoing assembly elections in Tamil Nadu with chief minister M.K. Stalin dubbing it as yet another covert attempt to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states.