Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call to culturally unify India with Hindi as it's national language on Saturday triggered a row when some opposition leaders trained guns on him demanding to reconsider his appeal as it "poses a danger to the national unity".Speaking as chief guest at a function to grace Hindi Divas Samaroh, Shah said that while unity in diversity is India's defining trait, a common language is needed as a culturally unifying factor."While diversity in languages is the strength of our nation, a national language needed so that foreign languages and cultures do not overpower our own," he said proclaiming that next year, the Hindi Divas Samaroh would be a public program, as Hindi belongs to the people.He said that the government would take Hindi Divas outside Delhi, and would celebrate a Hindi Saptah across the country. He called Hindi the heart and soul of the freedom struggle."Our power to express our culture will die in the absence of our national language," he ...
