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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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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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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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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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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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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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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IPL 2024: Hyderabad deliver death-bowling masterclass to defeat Rajasthan in last-ball thriller
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar on team selection, KL Rahul’s omission and more
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India tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals