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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TopicOfficial languages

Topic: official languages

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.

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.

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.

Hindi Diwas sees big protests by pro-Kannada groups, politicians & film stars also join in

Led by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, simultaneous online & offline agitations demanded services in Kannada where currently only English & Hindi are used, such as in centralised banks.

India speaks 120 languages. But on internet, laws only in govt’s favourite Hindi and English

The right to access translated text is guaranteed by the Constitution of India, and is one of the core aspects of justice and open data.

On Camera

Kashmir tourist’s smog-fog confusion is natural. We’ve forgotten what clean air looks like

The video captured the alienation between urban India and nature. To those who see air as something that needs to be purified, the sight of thick white mist feels suspicious.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.