Does India have a National Language?
The language issue is a thorny one. There is no ‘peaceful’ answer to it. No matter, what position you take, someone will come at you with a ton of bricks. Nehru made sure of this when he lobbied for Hindi as More...
“Hindi imposition” poses a threat to India’s unity
Usually I’m quite analytical and rational, but on this occasion I will deal with a pressing topic, which is also very much charged with raw emotions – in India, in Europe, actually all over the world. This More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- XI
Languages of Hindu Scriptures: Other Languages In addition to Sanskrit and Tamil, many other Indian as well as non-Indian languages were used for composing Hindu scriptures. For e.g., we have a version of the Brahmāṇda More...
From Maatar to Mother: Seeing Sanskrit in English
“How are your Sanskrit studies going?” asked Indira, a dear friend. Over the years, attending Sanskrit classes, I used to be fascinated as I began sensing similarities between many English words and Sanskrit More...
Anglophonic Hegemony and Indian Languages
In the wake of a statement by Sri. Venkaiah Naidu urging cultivation of Hindi by all Indians, a specter of an anti-Hindi agitation is being raised from some quarters. It is time to understand deeply, some plain More...
Looking Back At Linguistic Prejudice Against ‘Hindi Medium’ Prime Minister Modi
Note to the readers: On 26 May 2017, the third anniversary of the Modi Government, PM Modi was in Assam where he inaugurated India’s longest bridge and also laid the foundation for an AIIMS and an AIRI for the More...
Pakistani Travelogue-II: Pakistani Perceptions of India
[contextly_sidebar id=”hfSO3toJTSSxNwE5BxJ1HU7EJttBiDDT”] Gargantuan government edifices glittered behind freshly painted wrought-iron fences, glamorous palaces to Pakistani politics in marble and brass More...