Since 2014, the Modi-led Central governments have systematically sought and substantially succeeded in undermining Indian federalism by reorganising Centre-state relations so as to enhance the relative powers and capacities for…
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin has been leading a steadfast fight against the Union government’s imperious attempts at scuttling federalism by various means. Interestingly…
I know this article will upset many Hindi protagonists, but that does not matter. I am not a popularity or publicity seeker ( whatever some people may think ), and…
Over four decades ago, as a South Indian growing up in the 'Hindi heartland' of Madhya Pradesh, I learned something that blew my mind – that Hindi was in fact…
There is a vigorous opposition to Hindi in South India. It goes under the name, ’Imposition of Hindi’. On the other hand, it is an undoubted fact that more people…
Language Perhaps the most important factor that distinguishes humans from other forms of life, is language. Language is central to interactions within and between societies, and especially for governance. Language…
Recently Amit Shah, the home minister brought up the issue of Hindi to act as a link language among people speaking different languages in states. There was also a discussion…
When the British ordered the exclusive use of the Nagari script in school in 1880 to meet a Hindu demand in the state of Bihar, the Muslims howled. The Hindi-Urdu…
Many writings about Hindi are 'breast beating' in the style of Bharatendu Harishchandra's 'Bharat Durdasha'. This article has a positive attitude towards Hindi Literature. The history of literary Hindi is…
Reactionary politics in India, and the Indian State itself, seek to promote Hindi and thwart development of other languages and nationalities, not only those of South India, but notably also…
Hindi along with Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri and English, has been made official language of Jammu and Kashmir. A bill is recently passed in the parliament of India to add Dogri…
If the Anglophone Indians are derided as ‘Macaulay’s children’, then the Hindi speaking Indians can also be called ‘Gilchrist’s children’. My late maternal grandmother – who had studied philosophy…
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