Delhi: The Indian cricket team recently suffered a 3-1 defeat in the 5-match Test series against Australia, due to which the team lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) after 10 years. During this series, Indian team’s veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from international cricket. Ashwin returned home from Australia after the Gaba test.
The former spin bowler recently made such a statement while addressing students in an engineering college in Chennai, which has sparked debate on social media. Ashwin said that Hindi is not the national language of India, but it is an official language. During his address, he expressed his desire to ask questions to the students in Hindi, but no one showed interest. On this Ashwin said, “I felt that this should be said. Hindi is not our national language.”
Reactions on social media
There are sharp reactions on social media on this statement of Ashwin. Some people believe that Ashwin should avoid giving statements on such sensitive issues. One user wrote, “Ashwin should not talk like this. I am his fan, but didn’t like this. Learning more languages is beneficial. Instead of making language an issue, it should be left to personal choice.”
At the same time, another user commented, “Ashwin has already said that life becomes difficult due to not knowing Hindi when going out of Tamil Nadu. “Can’t we learn Hindi, which most people in India understand?” After this statement, the debate on language has once again gained momentum.
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மாஸ் கட்டியம் Cricketer Ashn at the भत्तमुल्पिपु ceremony held at a private engineering college in Chennai#SunNews , #Chennai , #Ashwin , @ashwinravi99 pic.twitter.com/TeWPzWAExQ
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