India was a British colony for a long-ass time. English is the second most known language in India behind Hindi. More than 10% of the population speaks at least some English. English is also prominent among more educated fields because many indians study abroad in the US and UK. On an article written in English it is common to use photos that readers can understand. I assume there were/are also Hindi sign that just aren't presented here.

Hindi is spoken by about 40% of the population.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The reason for there not being many Hindi signs is that the protest is centered in Bengal. Bengalis don't really have a good relationship with Hindi due to political reasons (even though they have linguistic similarities). In recent times, the central government has been trying to force Hindi on all Indians, which has made the situation worse.

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough