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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicHindi Diwas

Topic: Hindi Diwas

Why we can’t afford to burn any more shorts & how Black Cats are stalling growth of Hindi

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Official language treats Indians as Lallu of Hum Log. Hindi Diwas won’t address that issue

Official Hindi is the product of official English, which has inherited the tone, vocabulary and expressions from colonial administrative discourse.

Protest on Hindi Diwas shows north-south divide. BJP must know India is about diversities

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Hindi Diwas sees big protests by pro-Kannada groups, politicians & film stars also join in

Led by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, simultaneous online & offline agitations demanded services in Kannada where currently only English & Hindi are used, such as in centralised banks.

All regional languages should be promoted & encouraged, Amit Shah says on Hindi Diwas

Addressing the Hindi Diwas Samaroh 2021, the home minister also said Hindi is the 'friend' of all Indian regional languages and hesitation over the language is 'passe'.

Politicians add to Karnataka’s anti-Hindi drive, actors join in with T-shirt campaign

Former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy calls Hindi Diwas ‘symbol of linguistic arrogance’, while actors insist no language is superior to another in any way.

Hindi is not a language of knowledge anymore. Mediocrity has stifled its soul

On Hindi Diwas, let's look at the fall of the language from the authority it commanded not long ago.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.