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A Bengaluru resident challenges online language tensions, highlighting the city's multilingual nature. He argues that locals effortlessly switch between Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Deccani, with language hostility existing only in digital spaces, not in real-life interactions.
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A Bengaluru resident challenges online language tensions, highlighting the city's multilingual nature. He argues that locals effortlessly switch between Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Deccani, with language hostility existing only in digital spaces, not in real-life interactions.
