Why is Hindi India's national language? This question on The Sunday Times of India in its question-answer column called 'Open Space' made me curious enough to find out if the questioner, presumably a young student, has any links to what I want to call the 'Hindi hatred' belt. ...

How do a few hundred innocent seasonal daily wage earners stand on the way of United Liberation Front of Asom's struggle for sovereignty for Assam? The question flies on the face of the barbaric carnage that an outfit of a few hundred hoodlums has carried out in some remote corners...