Decoded! How Bhojpuri is becoming the fastest growing Indian language

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City-based Bihari music composer Ashutosh Singh, however, says the sense of pride is restricted to the fringes. "Bihari children are not consuming Bhojpuri content, whether it's music, cinema or literature. They cannot identify with it," he says. Both Singh and Chandra feel the situation will improve if Bhojpuri is made compulsory across UP schools at least till a certain grade. 'Why do you think children in Mumbai understand Marathi? It's because it's part of the school curriculum," says Chandra. He's also lobbying for the inclusion of the language in the Eight Schedule of the Indian Constitution, to make it one of the official languages of the country. "Bhojpuri is over a thousand years old, and has a wealth of literature. Historically, it was written in the Kaithi script, but since 1894, Devanagari has served as the primary script," says Chandra.....read more

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