Telangana Assembly passes law making it compulsory for schools to teach Telugu

The language will be introduced in Class 1 and Class 6 this year, and later extended to other classes.

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· Mar 25, 2018 · 03:05 pm

Why should we force a PM from Tamil Nadu or Bengal to speak Hindi at the UN, asks Shashi Tharoor

The Congress’ MP from Thiruvananthapuram opposed the Centre’s bid to make Hindi an official language at the United Nations.

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· Jan 03, 2018 · 05:37 pm

Using Hindi is the most powerful way to unify India, Venkaiah Naidu says in Telangana

The vice president said that language can help in good governance because information and knowledge can create an enlightened citizenry.

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· Nov 20, 2017 · 10:58 am

Speak in your mother tongue, not English, says Venkaiah Naidu

Don’t forget your motherland and native place, he said at an event held to commemorate the birth centenary of Carnatic music singer MS Subbulakshmi.

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· Sep 19, 2017 · 08:10 pm

Hindi’s prototype was a mélange of dialects – but the language is now undergoing a purification

How did it come to this?

Mrinal Pande

· Jul 24, 2017 · 08:00 am

The order on the use of Hindi for official speeches is just a distraction from India’s real problems

Issues such as this, or the beef and liquor bans, are picked up by the media and go viral while genuine matters go unnoticed.

Mrinal Pande

· Apr 22, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Is Pakistan’s problem Urdu?

Education cannot be improved by flipping from Urdu to English. Yet it could help.

Pervez Hoodbhoy

· Mar 10, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Read the fine print: Hindi is the mother tongue of only 26 per cent of Indians

The Census says about 45% of Indians listed Hindi as their mother tongue. But people who use Haryanvi, Bhojpuri, Maghadi and more than 49 linguistic traditions are also categorised as Hindi speakers.

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· Jun 20, 2014 · 06:53 am