Language Politics
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Why both BJP and Congress are supporting pro-Kannada activists
The Congress is looking to use pro-Kannada sentiment as a counter to BJP’s Hindutva agenda.
Abhik Deb
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Bengaluru shops must have 60% Kannada nameplates by February 28, says civic body
It is unclear whether the percentage criterion refers to the size of a shop’s nameplate or the proportion of text used in its frontage.
Scroll Staff
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Hindi instilled feeling of unity in a country divided by many languages, says Amit Shah
Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi accused the Union home minister of imposing the language on other states.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Will I risk paralysis to get bail?’: Arvind Kejriwal denies eating sugary foods in prison
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The new IPC has a Hindi name. But legal experts point out that it is illegal
Three new criminal law bills, which have Hindi titles, have been flagged by the DMK for imposing Hindi on the entire country.
Vineet Bhalla
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Bengal Cabinet approves proposal to make Bengali 2nd mandatory language in English medium schools
Currently, private English medium schools have the choice of making Bengali an optional subject from Class 1.
Scroll Staff
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‘Tamil Nadu won’t be enslaved by Hindi’: MK Stalin denounces Amit Shah’s remarks
The home minister had said that the language must be accepted without opposition, albeit at a slow pace.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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‘Blatant discrimination’: MK Stalin on CRPF exams being held only in Hindi and English
The Tamil Nadu chief minister wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to allow the recuritment test to be taken in regional languages.
Scroll Staff
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Growing up Bengali in Bengaluru: Language is contentious terrain but chauvinism gets us nowhere
Can we imagine a future in which people scramble to learn Kannada, simply because it provides a unique experience that English or Hindi may not?
Prithwiraj Mukherjee
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A mother tongue Partition consumed intact: The depletion and revival of Sindhi language and culture
Writer-translator Saaz Aggarwal on the conundrum of the ‘mother tongue,’ the need to re-examine the Partition, and resuscitation of the Sindhi alphabet.
Saaz Aggarwal
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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What Elon Musk’s language tells us about his supersized ambitions
Wealthy entrepreneurs like Musk try to convince us with their words that everything is possible.
Petros Iosifidis, The Conversation
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Tamil Nadu Assembly adopts resolution against ‘Hindi imposition’ by Centre
The resolution said the recent recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language are ‘against the state languages including Tamil’.
Scroll Staff
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Attempts to impose Hindi divisive, MK Stalin writes to Modi on Parliamentary panel proposal
The committee reportedly recommended that medium of instruction in higher education institutes such as the IITs should be Hindi in Hindi-speaking states.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time