New Delhi, July 13 -- A post on social media platform X has stirred major backlash after it dismissed Indian regional languages like Kannada and Tamil as "not worth learning," triggering a wave of criticism from users, especially from southern cities like Bengaluru and Chennai.

The now-viral post claimed that while it made sense to learn Japanese or Chinese when moving to countries like Japan or China, there was "no point" in learning Kannada or Tamil when relocating to Bengaluru or Chennai.

"If I moved to Japan, I would learn Japanese. If I moved to China, I would learn Chinese. If I moved to Bangalore, I would rather speak English. If I moved to Chennai, I would rather speak English," the post read.

"No point in learning languages of...