Garga Chatterjee

General Secretary of @Banglapokkho. Bengali Nationalist. Federalist. Sometimes I give back as good as I get. Often satirical.

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

This is how BJP core supporter think. Non Hindi people should take note.

[Nandini Gupta @yoursnandieni]

Hindi should be declared the national language of India.

There should be one common language that every Indian should learn so that we stay united.

Hindi is the most spoken language in India, so it should be taught compulsorily in every school.

Everyone should speak Hindi.

[କଳିଙ୍ଗ ଟୋକା @Kalinga_Odisha]

If your argument is that Hindi has the highest number of speakers, therefore it should become India's national language, then let's conduct a fair experiment.

Give every Indian language the same opportunities Hindi has enjoyed for decades.

Let's take the next 10 years:

1. Make Odia a compulsory second language in schools across India. Other states can nominate their respective regional languages.

2. Give Odia the same institutional backing Hindi receives. Let Central Government departments, PSUs, politicians and national institutions actively promote Odia across the country.

3. Let children from every non-Odia state learn Odia from an early age, just as children across non-Hindi states are encouraged to learn Hindi.

4. Meanwhile, let Hindi-speaking states follow the same three-language expectation. Their children should learn Odia as an additional language alongside Hindi and English.

5. Give Odia the same visibility, funding, promotion and institutional support that Hindi enjoys today.

After 10 years, let's sit at the same table and compare:

- Which language has more second-language speakers?
- Which language has greater national reach?
- Which language has been adopted by more people outside its home state?
- Which language has gained more speakers because of institutional support?

Then let's democratically decide whether any one Indian language deserves national-language status.

And one more thing: Hindi's speaker numbers are also influenced by the classification of several distinct linguistic varieties as Hindi dialects. That aggregation needs to be acknowledged when comparing languages.

Isn't this a fair democratic experiment?

You cannot give one language decades of institutional advantages, expect everyone else to learn it, and then use the resulting speaker numbers as proof that it naturally deserves supremacy.

Popularity created through policy cannot be the justification for linguistic supremacy.

India is a union of linguistic identities, not a linguistic hierarchy.

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has said she will return to Bangladesh in December. Its essential for a progressive, secular Bangladesh. Terror groups, from HT to Jamaat may plot her assassination if she returns. @UN, @POTUS, @EUCouncil, @MEAIndia must ensure her personal safety.

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

Are these Marathis? No.
Are these Bengalis? No.
Are these Assamese? No.
Are these Kashmiri? No.
Are these Tamils? No.
Are these Kannadigas? No.
Are these Odias? No.
Are these Meiteis? No.
Who are these Indians?

[Raju Parulekar @rajuparulekar]

I have only two questions -

1) How could the Indians living in USA, Canada, U.K. be so obnoxiously loud, irritating and disrespectful to others’ privacy and peaceful life, while celebrating Diwali❓

2) Were they always like this or something changed post 2014❓

All said and done, why couldn’t these Indians clean the streets filled with their ‘cultural defecation’❓Atleast, they could have saved India the embarrassment and ignominy.

[Dr. Deepak Pawar दीपक पवार @drdeepakpawar]

**मराठी असणं म्हणजे केवळ भाषा बोलणं नव्हे; ती एक विचारधारा, संस्कृती आणि जगण्याची जबाबदारी आहे!**

‘जय मराठी, जय महाराष्ट्र’ या घोषणेपलीकडे जाऊन मराठी अस्मितेचा व्यापक अर्थ उलगडणारा प्रा. दीपक पवार यांचा वेधक लेख — **‘महाराष्ट्रधर्म : मराठी असण्याची जाणीव आणि जबाबदारी’**.

भाषेचं राजकारण, धर्माचं राजकारण आणि महाराष्ट्राची अस्मिता यांचं नातं न���मकं काय? जात-धर्माच्या चौकटींपलीकडे जाऊन मराठीपणाची खरी ओळख कशी घडते?

मराठी शाळा, भाषा, समाज, संस्कृती, अर्थकारण आणि राजकारण यांची एकात्म वीण उलगडताना हा लेख महाराष्ट्रधर्माची नवी वैचारिक मांडणी करतो.

कारण मराठी असणं ही केवळ जन्माने मिळालेली ओळख नाही, तर ती जाणीवपूर्वक जपायची, जोपासायची आणि पुढच्या पिढीकडे अभिमानाने सोपवायची जबाबदारी आहे!

**मराठीपणाचा जयघोष करण्यापेक्षा त्याचा अर���थ समजून घेण्याची वेळ आली आहे…**

वाचा, विचार करा आणि महाराष्ट्रधर्माच्या या वैचारिक प्रवासाचे साक्षीदार व्हा!

**प्रा. दीपक पवार यांचा चिंतनप्रवर्तक लेख — ‘मीडिया वॉच’ दिवाळी अंक २०२६ मध्ये!**

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

পূর্ণিমা চক্রবর্তী সাউ পুরো নাম।
বিয়ের আগে সাউ।

[Supti kanjilal @KanjilalSupti10]

রবীন্দ্রনাথ নজরুল সু��ান্ত সন্ধ্যা দেখে বড় হওয়া বাঙালি এবার এমন সাংস্কৃতিক সন্ধ্যাও দেখলো তাও কালীপুজোকে কেন্দ্র করে।
যে ব্যানারটা দেখা যাচ্ছে সেখানে আবার কার অনুপ্রেরণা- সহযোগিতায় তাও লেখা আছে।
শ্যামপুকুরের বিজেপি বিধায়িকা পূর্ণিমা চক্রবর্তীর উদ্যোগে।

[Soumya Banerjee @ComSoumyaB]

বিজেপি নেত্রী "বিহারী কমিউনিটির পাশে" আছেন
অথচ বাংলার প্রাচীনতম ফানুস উৎসব, বাংলার মানুষের ঐতিহ্য বন্ধ করে দিচ্ছে বিজেপি সরকার!

[विजय @maratha5250]

छटपूजेसाठी कोकणी महोत्सवाला मुदतवाढ नाकारली! स्थानिकांच्या महोत्सवावर अन्याय का? या दुजाभावामुळे स्थानिकांमध्ये तीव्र नाराज��
@CMOMaharashtra
#कोकण #मुंबई #मराठी_माणूस #मराठी_अस्मिता
#Ban_ChhathPuja_In_Maharashtra

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

Why are we still subservient to the language whose only achievement in Uncivilized TFR?

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

“Why are we still subservient to the language of those who ruled over us for 300 years?”

Allahabad High Court judge says India is yet to liberate itself from English language even after 80 years of independence

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

Bengalis dont call Ganesh Puja dirty.
Marathis dont call Durga Puja dirty.
Bengalis in Maharashtra dont cause problems to Marathis while celebrating Durga Puja in Maharashtra.
Marathis in Bengal dont cause problems to Bengalis while celebrating Ganesh Puja in Bengal.
Civilized.

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

Why does Maharashtra tolerate usage of Ganesh Utsav immersion images in such a manner? Where are the upright Marathis of Maharashtra?

[With Love Bihar @WithLoveBihar]

Propaganda against Chhath puja is full on ! Hypocrites, anti-Bihari fools.

Pollution 👇 Preservation👇

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

As any person living in a Union territory would feel.

[Guruprasad⭐⭐ @BengaluruFC_777]

@GargaC How are you feeling now that your govt no longer exists in WB.

[Alberta Radio! @albertaradios]

Diwali Aftermath, listen up!
#Diwali #Aftermath

[ANI @ANI]

Bombay High Court declines to grant immediate relief to the Mithila Chhath Puja Sangh, which sought permission to hold Chhath Puja celebrations at Girgaon Chowpatty on November 15-16, 2026.

"Undoubtedly, there is a freedom of conscience, and free profession, practice and propagation of religion. However, the same is subject to public order, morality and health, as provided in the constitutional provision. In other words, there are checks and balances which are provided and required to be followed, under such constitutional mandate."

The association approached the Court after the DB Marg Police Station rejected its application on September 17.

[Mahadev Balgude @Mahadev_Balgude]

आजच BBC हिंदीने सत्ताधारी नेते घरी येऊन गेल्यावर काय घडते हे दाखवले आहे. मोदी घरी आले. न मागता कर्ज माथी मारले. एजंट्सनी वसूलीचा तगादा लावला. आता असे वाटतेय की मोदी घरी आले नसते तर बरे झाले असते. ज्या घरी भेट दिली त्यांच्या या भावना आहेत. सध्या आपल्याकडेही असाच इव्हेंट सुरु आहे.

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

Hi Bengaluru, you used to have Deepavali. Now you have Diwali. How does it feel?

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

@anupamroyktc4 DM me the video or link.

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

Also in Kolkata. Same story everywhere.

[ವಿನಯ್. ಎಸ್. ರೆಡ್ಡಿ @Vinayreddy71]

ರಾತ್ರಿ ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಪಟಾಕಿ ಸಿಡಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಉತ್ತರ ಭಾರತವನ್ನು ಹಾಳು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈಗ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನೂ ಹಾಳು ಮಾಡಲು ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇತರರಿಗೆ ತೊಂದರೆ ಆಗದಂತೆ ನಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂಬ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಗೌರವ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಯಾವಾಗ ಬರುತ್ತದೋ? ಇವರು ಯಾವಾಗ ತಾನೇ ಪಾಠ ಕಲಿಯುತ್ತಾರೋ?
#bengalurupolice

[anupam roy @anupamroyktc4]

@GargaC yesterday one marwari family in salt lake even told "bjp is our govt we will do whatever we want, even police showed cold shoulders, video is there in facebook

[Garga Chatterjee @GargaC]

And if natives react, it is racism?

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

🇺🇸 Meanwhile on the Streets on New Jersey

What happened?

Indians Celebrating Dilwali happened

[Maharashtra cha Karyakarta @MHKaryakarta]

📍 पावनेश्वर पिंपरी गार्डन, पिंपरी-चिंचवड.

महाराष्ट्राचा उत्तर प्रदेश-बिहार केल्याबद्दल धन्यवाद!