How Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang (1931-2022) advocated for the language as a ‘civilisational gain’

He argued that Urdu was an element of cultural ethos and put forth an inclusive view of the language that was not predicated upon religious identities.

Rizwan Ahmad

· Jun 21, 2022 · 08:30 am

We are not against Hindi, but its imposition, says Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin

Stalin was speaking on the occasion to commemorate martyrs of the anti-Hindi agitation that started in the state before Independence.

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· Jan 26, 2022 · 12:37 pm

Does David Shulman wrongly place his biography of Tamil in a framework of Sanskrit and Hinduism?

‘A Neo-Orientalist’s tour-de-force’: An academic reflects on David Shulman’s monumental book.

R Azhagarsan

· Oct 05, 2019 · 07:30 am

Southern Railway withdraws circular asking staff to speak only in English and Hindi after protests

The circular asked station staff and train operation controllers to avoid using regional languages for official communication.

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· Jun 14, 2019 · 02:54 pm

Tamil Nadu CM deletes tweet urging PM Modi to include Tamil as optional language in other states

The tweet deleted by Edappadi K Palaniswami had said that including Tamil in studies will be a ‘great service’ to the language.

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· Jun 05, 2019 · 01:14 pm

Urdu and Hindi could be one language called Hindustani. Will the politics of language allow it?

Since the 19th century, partly as a consequence of British policy, Hindi had increasingly come to be exclusively identified with Hindus and Urdu with Muslims.

David Lunn, Dawn.com

· Jan 28, 2019 · 07:30 pm

‘Why should schemes in Tamil Nadu be named in Hindi’: AIADMK leader M Thambidurai to The Hindu

The Lok Sabha deputy speaker accused the Centre of trying to impose Hindi on states such as Tamil Nadu.

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· Nov 12, 2018 · 12:05 pm

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