In today’s Bengal, it seems it is not enough to be Bengali, you will also have to sound Bengali. While the language war in other states is targeted at those who can’t speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
Watch Author & ThePrint Columnist Deep Halder explain:
Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim
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