A proposed rule for taxi drivers is turning into a wider test of Marathi identity and the political risks of enforcing linguistic pride. Maharashtra marked the 66th year of its foundation yesterday. As with every other May 1 celebration that has taken place in six decades, this year, too, Maharashtra Day was celebrated not just with mere pageantry, but with a memory of fire. The state’s birth in 1960, wrested from the old Bombay State after a turbulent Samyukta Maharashtra Mo