When challenged to speak Marathi, a man in a social media video insists on speaking Hindi. The words "Hindi hi bolenge," he says. The footage was taken inside a D-Mart store in the Wagholi neighborhood of Pune.
As seen in the video, the man and his wife are standing in a checkout queue at the D-Mart store. Suddenly, another man asks him to speak Marathi. "Hindi hi bolenge (I will speak hindi only)," he says. When the other man directs him to speak Marathi again, he says, "Nahi bolte (I won't speak)." "Social media pe dalo...ye galat tarika hai tumhara...(Post it on social media...this is wrong)," he adds. A scuffle erupts between the two as others calm them down. "Mere se bina puche ye video nahi bana sakta (He cannot make the video without my consent)," the man further said.
The video, meanwhile, elicited conflicting responses from social media users. While some contended that people should be allowed to speak the language they are most familiar with, others asserted that residents of maharashtra must speak Marathi. This video was released a few months after an airtel manager in Pune's Wakadewadi was severely beaten by the maharashtra navnirman sena (MNS) for forcing him to speak hindi at work.
As seen in the video, the man and his wife are standing in a checkout queue at the D-Mart store. Suddenly, another man asks him to speak Marathi. "Hindi hi bolenge (I will speak hindi only)," he says. When the other man directs him to speak Marathi again, he says, "Nahi bolte (I won't speak)." "Social media pe dalo...ye galat tarika hai tumhara...(Post it on social media...this is wrong)," he adds. A scuffle erupts between the two as others calm them down. "Mere se bina puche ye video nahi bana sakta (He cannot make the video without my consent)," the man further said.
The video, meanwhile, elicited conflicting responses from social media users. While some contended that people should be allowed to speak the language they are most familiar with, others asserted that residents of maharashtra must speak Marathi. This video was released a few months after an airtel manager in Pune's Wakadewadi was severely beaten by the maharashtra navnirman sena (MNS) for forcing him to speak hindi at work.
