Bhubaneswar, May 22 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/Viral_Pic_1747914534.webp
Yesterday's incident at the Surya Nagar branch of SBI in Karnataka underlined what has been in evidence for some time now: Kannadigas are not ready anymore to put up with 'outsiders' who don't speak the local language. Even cosmopolitan Bengaluru, a melting pot of people from all over the country where speaking in Hindi was perfectly okay till a few years ago, is now becoming increasingly intolerant of those who don't speak Kannada.
The incident got me thinking. Is something like this possible in Odisha? Is it even desirable in the first place in a state that has long prided itself on its all-embracing culture? Just on a whim, I fla...