| No Images? Click here  Even as Home Minister Amit Shah clarified his remarks on Hindi amid severe criticism, including his party colleagues, Huffpost India's Akshita Jain explains why Amit Shah got it all wrong. A day after announcing the e-cigarette ban and getting trolled, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified doubts in a retort to industrialist Kiran Mazumdar Shaw's tweet, but kept mum on why the government did not ban gutka or actual cigarettes. This left Twitter users even more baffled. Meanwhile, the IIFA Awards were held in Mumbai on Wednesday. We have a list of the best looks from the red carpet. When many people still believe that Hindi is the ‘national language’ of India (it’s not, it’s just one of the official languages of the country), it’s inevitable that the debate goes off into tangents.One statistic quoted by people supporting Shah’s move was that Hindi is the mother tongue of 44% Indians. This, however, reflects an incomplete understanding of how India conducts the language census.  Kiran Mazumdar Shaw was one among many who had asked the government why gutka, pan masala and cigarettes were not banned along with vapes, if the government really wanted to protect the youth from the harms of tobacco. Sitharaman tweeted at Shaw saying, “Kiran ji, a few things. This press conference was dedicated to Cabinet decisions. I began by saying that I was there in my capacity as Chair of the GoM which has dealt with the matter.”  New to this email? You can sign up here.You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard.©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 |
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