In Kerala's Kasaragod, political campaigns spread across a multitude of languages, including Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, and Hindi,
Despite minimal chances of her victory in Kerala’s Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency, BJP candidate ML Ashwini perceives her enthusiasm for languages as a much-needed advantage. Given the region’s linguistic diversity, she begins her address in mother tongue Kannada and effortlessly shifts to Malayalam, Tulu, and Hindi, and a few sentences in English in the urban areas. Language connects, she says.