India, April 19 -- The 'Hindi imposition' debate in Tamil Nadu is more than a century old, one that, to this day, plays a role in the politics in the southern state - particularly ahead of the April 23 assembly election.

The MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government in Tamil Nadu has made its stance clear: The state "will never accept" the three-language policy. While the Centre has defended the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), saying that it does not intend to impose Hindi on any state, the Tamil Nadu government believes otherwise.

Tamil is one of the world's oldest languages, with a literature and documented history of more than 2,000 years. The Dravidian language is still widely spoken, keeping alive the roots of ...