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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: Hindi

Placements, studying abroad — why UP’s engineering students not enthused by Hindi push

AKTU officials say all incoming B. Tech first years will be instructed in Hindi and will have option to choose Hindi textbooks. Profs say push is ideological not practical

Modi-Shah’s push for Hindi is fine but they must check with Yogi, Sarma, Saha, other CMs first

PM Modi wants to pull the country out of the ‘slave mentality’ surrounding the English language. For once, many of his CMs and ministers don’t seem to agree.

Why capital’s jails must stock up on ‘Das Kapital’ & doctors’ handwriting, a universal language

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

Hindi medium in colleges, govt, recruitment exams…and UN — what Shah-led language panel wants

Parliamentary committee's report also says HC proceedings in Hindi-speaking states should be in Hindi, and recommends action against officials who 'deliberately don't work in Hindi'.

Was Hindi writer Nirmal Verma the Hindutva proponent he was accused of being? New book answers

In ‘Here and Hereafter,’ Vineet Gill writes that Verma spoke against applying European secularism in India. It only helped religion make ‘back-door entry’ into politics.

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.

Hindi will reduce Tamils to status of ‘shudras,’ says DMK MP TKS Elangovan

The Rajya Sabha MP went on to claim that Hindi-speaking states in the country were not ‘developed’ while those with vernacular languages as mother tongue were doing better.

SubscriberWrites: India’s linguistic diversity must be respected. It makes the country unique

Subscribers write back with their views on the most urgent issues of the day.

India needs to challenge colonialism in its own language. But solution isn’t Hindu worldview

There's no cut-off time to recover India's 'indigenous consciousness'—it's the product of a colonial mindset. Think across traditions, ask real questions.

Modi’s BJP can force Hindi on India if it wants to be a regional party with cow belt agenda

The BJP is unlikely to resurrect a dated language debate. Even Vajpayee abandoned the idea.

On Camera

Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.