India, Aug. 13 -- Should the government be in the business of adjudicating which citizen learns what language? In any mature democracy and for any rational person, the answer should be no. This is why a new rule in Maharashtra - mandating that, starting August 18, licences of auto rickshaw, taxi and app-based cab drivers who lack working knowledge of Marathi will be suspended for up to three months, with repeated violations leading to cancellation - is disquieting. This newspaper reported on Thursday that the Maharashtra government had amended the state Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, to provide for action against non-Marathi speaking drivers of public vehicles. The amendments specifically clarify the requirement of practical Marathi for driv...