The Tamil film has drawn strong objections from Congress, even as its ally & ruling DMK appears to welcome it. Rival BJP has sought to exploit the discord within the ruling alliance.
The article to adopt Hindi as the official language of the Union was moved by . Gopalaswami Iyengar. The fact that he was from Madras has been exploited to assert that non-Hindi members welcomed Hindi, wrote P Kodanda Rao in 1988.
While govt blames closure on parents preferring English medium, educators & activists say that administration is not putting enough efforts to upgrade infra in these schools.
I was surprised when Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan advocated for Hindi—at a time when states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are opposing its imposition.
Such is his penchant for controversy that two BJP spokespersons declined to offer any comment on party's view about Godda MP. Dubey is in news for lashing out at Thackeray cousins.
Their planned joint appearance against Hindi imposition in Maharashtra schools is seen as a step towards a possible union of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS ahead of BMC polls.
The informal economy’s most vulnerable become convenient scapegoats for attendant concerns about jobs and cultural change. The backlash against Kamal Haasan for his remarks on Kannada reflects these anxieties.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
Kamal Haasan knows very well that his statement is false (Kannada and Tamil and other Dravidian languages share the same ancestor). He deliberately ran with it because the elections are coming up next year in Tamil Nadu. He is desperate to also stay in the limelight.
Kamal Haasan knows very well that his statement is false (Kannada and Tamil and other Dravidian languages share the same ancestor). He deliberately ran with it because the elections are coming up next year in Tamil Nadu. He is desperate to also stay in the limelight.