I came across this interview of the Thackeray cousins by Rajdeep Sardesai, filmed separately of course.

Rajdeep Sardesai queries Uddhav Thackeray in English, Uddhav replies in Hindi.

Rajdeep Sardesai questions Raj Thackeray in Hindi, Raj replies in Marathi.

They sure have the whole concept of language messed up, no ?

But I shouldn’t bother, as long as they speak any language without coercing others. As far as language is concerned, I was debating over the issue of our national language with a friend and I mentioned language should be considered as a means of communication and nothing more. That would get rid of a lot of problems.

Imagine if the Neanderthal man got all worked up about preserving his language and culture, this post would look like “aaaa .. eooe .. uuu .. bbaaa“. Good luck decoding that.

P.S. : The interview in itself though, has nothing to talk about, just typical stuff. But you may check it out.

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