NEW DELHI, March 3 -- The government has once again donned its cultural armour and is trumpeting its agenda of anointing Hindi as the national language. It is not new and has been tabled numerous times since independence. Yet, the reactions against it have not reduced the fervour of the yay-sayers. The agenda reeks of a pseudo-theocratic dictatorial outcome.

Pushing a single language is challenging the very federal structure of the Constitution. Language, religion and culture are already being forced down the throats of citizens. Once this is achieved, the next step will be to abolish democracy altogether and make India exactly like its most beloved neighbour. The nation will once again reach a neo-golden age where the people will be sub...