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Topic: Hindi

Hindi has grown from 20,000 to 1.5 lakh words in 20 years, and very quietly

Hindi dictionaries of the government add words without fanfare. They are not accompanied by an announcement, and there’s no log of evolution either.

‘Modi shasan’ not ‘Modi sarkar’: This IIM alumnus wants Urdu out of Hindi

Speaking at India International Centre in Delhi, IIM alum Nityanand Misra said Hindi & Urdu were different languages and should be spoken as such.

UGC says neither Hindi nor any other subject is compulsory, up to universities to decide

The UGC's comments follow allegations by the student body that JNU was trying to impose Hindi in undergraduate courses, an accusation the varsity has denied.

Schools owned by DMK leaders teach Hindi, while party outrages against ‘imposition’

More than 40 schools run by DMK politicians and their family members are affiliated to the CBSE, which follows the 3-language formula.

Mamata Banerjee wants ‘Poriborton’, BJP makes a wise ‘investment’

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Modi govt plan to make Hindi compulsory averted. But larger message should worry south

Since coming to power in 2014, the BJP and its supporters have systematically embarked on their wanton campaign to privilege uniformity over unity.

Draft National Education Policy was not Hindi-chauvinist & Modi govt shouldn’t have caved in

Far from a conspiracy to impose Hindi, the draft national education policy is actually a step forward in policy thinking on language and education.

Here’s the 50-year-old three-language formula at heart of New Education Policy row

The three-language formula, which remains a part of the New Education Policy, was first formulated by the Indira Gandhi-led central government in 1968.

Modi govt chucks Hindi clause from National Education Policy draft after furore

A provision in the National Education Policy making Hindi mandatory across the country had kicked up an uproar in non-Hindi-speaking states.

Everyone has got it wrong in the Ramadan-Ramzan debate. And no, it’s not about Wahhabism

Explaining the shift from Ramzan to Ramadan in India as an influence of Saudi brand of Islam or Wahhabism is shockingly superficial.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.