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Monday, October 27, 2025
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Topic: Hindi language

Global media keeps eyes peeled for Air India crash prelim report, WSJ puts focus on pilots & fuel switches

Global media also looks at the latest chapter in India's 'language wars', what's making India world's biggest IPO market outside US, Jane Street saga & the Uber-Rapido rivalry in India.

India’s national language should not be ‘Hindi’, but ‘Bhartiya’

By creating a new language from a mixture of all India-originated languages, the conflicts between Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam etc. with Hindi will be completely eliminated.

‘Hindi ko fark padta hai!’—Literature alone can’t save the language

Though the Modi government has actively advocated for the Hindi cause, language experts said there are many challenges that are not visible.

FSSAI retracts ‘dahi’ notification after stiff opposition from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

States raised concerns over imposition of Hindi after FSSAI in January ordered labelling of curd as ‘dahi’ and usage of regional terms in brackets next to the Hindi term.

Hindi to English to Hungarian—why swear words sound obscene

The idea that the sounds in such words contribute to their offensiveness violates a linguistic principle—that the relationship between the sound and meaning of a word is arbitrary.

MBBS books in Hindi add more problems to the syllabus. Amit Shah, BJP didn’t think though

Will a person obtaining an MBBS degree in Hindi be eligible to study MS or MD in South India or abroad?

Diarrhoea to dermatitis—you can’t translate MBBS language. It isn’t just in English

Textbooks in regional languages can be an asset for students of rural and marginal communities. But it can cause difficulty in communication between doctors from two different regions.

‘Shri Hari’ for prescriptions, Hindi merit lists — Madhya Pradesh launches Hindi MBBS books

Madhya Pradesh became the first state to launch an MBBS course in Hindi language. Amit Shah said soon, books for management and engineering courses will also be available in Hindi

Hindi’s hegemony didn’t start with NEP, Amit Shah or Ajay Devgn. It’s been on since 1947

The row over supposed Hindi supremacy push owing to its ‘popularity’ predates incidents such as NEP's three language formula and Amit Shah or Ajay Devgn's remarks.

Actors Ajay Devgn, Kichcha Sudeep spar over ‘supremacy’ of Hindi, ex-CMs join

‘Blabbering as mouthpiece of BJP’: Former Karnataka CMs endorse Sudeep’s reservations, override Ajay Devgn’s 'nationalistic' outburst.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.