NEW DELHI — An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern India in protest at what he called New Delhi’s attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi, a language mostly spoken in the north, police said Sunday. ADVERTISEMENTAccording to the most recent census in 2011, fewer than half of Indian citizens speak Hindi — just under 44 percent. Most southern Indian languages are Dravidian, a completely different language family to the Indo-European group which includes Hindi. MV Thangavel, 85, a farmer in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, doused himself in petrol and kerosene and set himself alight, police said. RELATED STORIESTibetan burns himself to death in China protestJapanese man sets himself on fire in apparent protest at Shinzo Abe’s state funeral–mediaRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 27, 2022 19:37 UTC