The Observation Engine

India is a land of many languages, but somehow, language itself has become the loudest battlefield. This time, the fire is in Maharashtra , where Marathi pride vs Hindi practicality is becoming a trending drama — and not the Bollywood kind. Whether it’s signboards, auto driver clashes, or society notices , there’s one name that always pops up in these situations: MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) . Led by Raj Thackeray , the party has a long history of taking the “Marathi first” agenda to the streets — sometimes with words, sometimes with full-blown street drama. So what’s going on in Maharashtra exactly? Recently, there’s been a spike in incidents where non-Marathi speakers were publicly targeted , sometimes verbally, sometimes physically. MNS workers have been seen forcing shopkeepers to put up Marathi boards  or calling out North Indian migrants for not learning the local language. And this isn't new. It follows a pattern. Every few years—especially before elections—language be...