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It’s time for the government to stop spreading the lie that Hindi is India’s ‘national language’
Garga Chatterjee
· Oct 09, 2016 · 06:30 pm
Urdu is a homeless language in India. The Vice-President tells us how to change that
M Hamid Ansari
· Sep 21, 2016 · 08:30 am
No longer lost for words: How researchers rediscovered the mother of all mother tongues
University of Cambridge
· Jul 25, 2016 · 09:30 pm
The literal cleansing of Urdu in India: Can a language be anti-national?
Indian Cultural Forum
· May 29, 2016 · 07:30 pm
Incredible India: Four lessons from the recently launched tourist helpline
Garga Chatterjee
· Mar 01, 2016 · 01:30 pm
Why imposing Hindi on all is as bad an idea as insisting that India is a Hindu country
Garga Chatterjee
· Feb 21, 2016 · 12:30 pm
Why English language lessons are not the answer to radicalisation in the UK
Frank Monaghan, The Conversation
· Jan 25, 2016 · 06:30 am
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