Rediff should verify the facts at least before they are formally relayed on internet.Hindi is only an official language AND not the national language as depicted by it.How can rediff afford to be oblivious to such simple facts? Presenting only facts-so much so in case of such basic things is the minimum expected of any good journalism the need for which one is not to explain to rediff. Coming to the subject,there is nothing wrong in ones speaking Hindi at a place where it is widely spoken & understood.And Bombay is a place where it is spoken & understood by many people-may be in a typical Mumbai style of"aatha hai,khaatha hai,peetha hai"-same present continuous tense for expression of all three times.Absolutely,Jaya has no business to say that since she hails from UP,she wants to speak in Hindi as if her native state is UP while factually it is West Bengal;it certainly woke up dormant linguistic sentiments of Marathi people when she pin pointedly asked excuse from them;it just tantamount to raking up their antagonism for other state people already being fueled by leaders like Raj Thackery.Jay should have been circumspect to the burning situation in Mumbai triggered already by Siva Sena leaders who feel skeptic about her husbands being more loyal to his home state than to the one which gave him a life as super star.At least people who are in public life should desist making statement by impulse without bothering for the repurcussions.And Jaya is not a small kid to be told this
