TopicHindi language

Topic: Hindi language

‘No Hindi imposition’ — Kolkata institute students protest over notice to meet Hindi targets

Mohana Basu - 25 March, 2021

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science issued a notice to its staff earlier this week, stating 55% of written communication in the institute must be in Hindi.

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

Ashutosh Bhardwaj - 14 September, 2020

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

I was constantly nudged to speak in English, my words manipulated, says AYUSH secretary

Himani Chandna - 22 August, 2020

AYUSH Ministry Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha triggered a controversy after he allegedly asked participants of an online conference, who couldn’t speak Hindi, to leave.

Don’t blame only English elite. Indian secularism failed in Hindi heartland first

Ashutosh Bhardwaj - 10 August, 2020

It cannot be a mere coincidence that the shrinking of the bilingual space has coincided with the surge of the Hindutva project.

Even China dropped English phobia for economic future. NEP policy needs to learn this

Mohamed Zeeshan - 30 July, 2020

The New Education Policy introduced by the Modi govt has brought some welcome changes, but it has rekindled the language wars that have been on since the 1950s.

Being Indian in Hindi and Indian economy’s soft-landing

Pia Krishnankutty - 16 September, 2019

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UPSC question paper gets ‘lost in translation’, RSS-backed body wants it drafted in Hindi

Kritika Sharma - 27 August, 2019

RSS-linked Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas says 90% of UPSC qualifiers are from English-language backgrounds, which shows others are at a disadvantage.

A big push for Hindi in the land of India’s oldest separatist movement

Makepeace Sitlhou - 7 April, 2018

On 25 March, Nagaland higher education minister T.I.A. Longkumer created history when he spoke in Hindi in the budget session of the state assembly.

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The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.