NEW DELHI, India — A day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in late May, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a curious memo to government officials making the use of Hindi compulsory on social media. “It is ordered that government employees and officials of all ministries, departments, corporations or banks, who have made
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Modi swiftly demanded Hindi in social media and government communications. The non-Hindi speaking majority is outraged.