Why are South Indians speaking Hindi to each other?

The maximin principle or principle of least exclusion may hold the key.

Sajith Pai

· 11 hours ago

Hindi row: DMK postpones ‘language protest’ after Amit Shah’s clarification

The Union home minister claimed at an event in Ranchi that he had never called for the imposition of Hindi over other regional languages.

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· Sep 18, 2019 · 08:31 pm

‘I never advocated Hindi imposition’: Amit Shah asks critics to properly listen to his speech

The Union home minister said at an event in Ranchi that Hindi should be a person’s choice for second language.

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· Sep 18, 2019 · 06:55 pm

Hindi row: Rajinikanth says common language is good but it can’t be imposed on anyone

If Hindi is imposed, not only Tamil Nadu, but none of the South Indian states and even some regions in the North will not accept it, he said.

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· Sep 18, 2019 · 01:27 pm

Those who oppose Hindi as common language do not love India, claims Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb

The DMK announced protest demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on September 20 to condemn Amit Shah’s pitch for a single language.

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· Sep 17, 2019 · 11:58 am

History lesson for Amit Shah: India’s decision to create linguistic states ensured unity – not Hindi

A national language is a threat to Indian unity.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Sep 17, 2019 · 09:00 am

Hindi row: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa says no compromise on Kannada’s importance

The BJP leader said that as far as Karnataka was concerned Kannada was its ‘principal language’.

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· Sep 16, 2019 · 07:03 pm

Amit Shah’s claim that Hindi unifies India is absurd, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

The Left leader said the Union home minister’s statement was a ‘war cry against the mother tongues of non-Hindi speaking people’.

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· Sep 15, 2019 · 01:16 pm

MK Stalin threatens protest after Amit Shah pitches for Hindi as India’s common language

MDMK chief Vaiko, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi also hit out at Shah for his remarks.

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· Sep 14, 2019 · 02:18 pm

Bloodbath, war room, shot down: ‘Warspeak’ is permeating everyday language, creating violence

If everything from weather to sports is charged with violent imagery, perceptions and emotions become needlessly distorted. Everything is suddenly urgent.

Robert Myers, The Conversation

· Aug 13, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘I am Miya’: Why poetry by Bengal-origin Muslims in their mother tongue is shaking up Assam

As the state prepares to publish its final National Register of Citizens, the controversy highlights the link between language, identity and politics.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 14, 2019 · 09:00 am

Assam: FIR filed against 10 people for poem criticising National Register of Citizens

The complainant alleged that Kazi Sharowar Hussein’s poem depicted Assamese people as xenophobic in order to fan communal tension.

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· Jul 12, 2019 · 01:44 pm