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    The Great Language Divide

    Linguistic imperialism and absence of mother tongues in Hindi-English debate

    Ajit Mohanty
    30 March 2025 12:50 AM

    The irony of the Hindi-English debate is that practices involving these are prejudicial to the interests of all other Indian languages. Second of a two-part series

    Linguistic imperialism and absence of mother tongues in Hindi-English debate
    The Great Language Divide
    NEP, anti-Hindi agitation, Tamil Nadu
    The Great Language Divide

    Three-language formula: A bridge to nowhere

    29 March 2025 12:50 AM
    Statewide bandh in karnataka
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    Tamil Nadu, South, Talking Sense with Srini

    Why does South, except TN, have no problem with Hindi? | Talking Sense with Srini

    Vijay Srinivas
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    In this episode of Talking Sense with Srini, The Federal’s Editor-in-Chief, S Srinivasan delves into why only Tamil Nadu in South has come out...

    Hindi imposed in Gujarat, too; it began in 2014, Gujarati bears the brunt

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    5 March 2025 5:17 AM
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