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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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Mumbai Police give clean chit to Ajit Pawar, his wife, nephew in alleged money-laundering case
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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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.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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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.
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The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification