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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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