The real script behind the call for a Hindi-India
2 years, 11 months ago

The real script behind the call for a Hindi-India

The Hindu  

Some 2,000 years ago, Tholkappiyar, the fabled author of Tolkappiyam, said that poetic words can be distributed in four types: Iyarcol, Thirisol, Thisaiccol and Vadasol. The Home Ministry’s scope extends to safeguarding relations of the States with the ‘union’, protecting the linguistic rights of language minorities and the promotion of Hindi. And, if there is such a growth, does it interfere with the growth of other Scheduled languages?” Editorial | Language no bar: On Hindi and ‘other’ States There is quite a story to tell using the data from the Census. Even the Pawari language has been shown as ‘Hindi’, overlooking the fact that most Pawari speakers may find Hindi almost unintelligible. More politics, the economy If all wisdom related to the history of Hindi, India’s multilingualism, the federal structure of India and the issue of language sensitivity in so many States should have guided the Committee and the Official Language Committee to accept linguistic realism, what is it that prompted Home Minister Amit Shah to call for a Hindi-India all of a sudden?

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Over 90% in Hindi-belt states speak only one language, rest of India is more bilingual: Data
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Over 90% in Hindi-belt states speak only one language, rest of India is more bilingual: Data

The Hindu  

The latest exchanges between Tamil Nadu and the Centre over Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan funds have reignited the long-standing language debate. Chart 3 shows the share of English speakers among native language speakers in 1991 and 2011. Chart 3 | The chart shows the share of English speakers among native language speakers A similar trend of declining or stagnating English proficiency …

Just Like That | India is a linguistic and cultural treasure trove, a thousand tongues bind us
1 year, 3 months ago

Just Like That | India is a linguistic and cultural treasure trove, a thousand tongues bind us

Hindustan Times  

India has the second largest number of languages in the world: 740. However, after 15 years, with the continuing opposition of non-Hindi speaking states, the Official Languages Act of 1963 allowed English to continue indefinitely until legislation to the contrary. Some people consider Urdu to be the language of Muslims, and only a pure Hindi devoid of Urdu words is …

INDIA, THIS SIDE | Languages not liked by Hindutva ideology suffer existential crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

INDIA, THIS SIDE | Languages not liked by Hindutva ideology suffer existential crisis

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ One’s mother tongue is closest to any person as is one’s mother. Highlights The decade-wise proportion of various language speakers to India’s total population indicate that in 1961 the Bangla speakers were 8.17 per cent of the total population, half a century later, their proportion had decreased to 8.03 …

Hindi Diwas 2022: Amid New Row by HDK, News18 Reads into Politics Over World's 3rd Most Spoken Language
2 years, 6 months ago

Hindi Diwas 2022: Amid New Row by HDK, News18 Reads into Politics Over World's 3rd Most Spoken Language

News 18  

The controversy over Hindi imposition is back in news in Karnataka as JDS leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy after writting a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday and urging his government not to celebrate ‘Hindi Diwas’ by utilising the taxpayers’ money has now called for protest against the Hindi Diwas. Ajay Devgn Vs Kiccha Sudeep The …

Lingua franca?: Controversy over Hindi puts focus on linguistic plurality
2 years, 10 months ago

Lingua franca?: Controversy over Hindi puts focus on linguistic plurality

The Hindu  

Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments in early April on the need to promote Hindi as a lingua franca among States, which was followed by an acrimonious Twitter exchange between two filmstars on communicating in Hindi, once again catapulted the language issue into the national imagination. Hindi speakers who spoke it as the first language accounted for 39.29 per cent of …

DC EDIT | India has many languages
2 years, 10 months ago

DC EDIT | India has many languages

Deccan Chronicle  

The exchange between a Kannada and a Hindi film star on the popularity of their language was just another in a series of discussions on national languages that tend to go nowhere because of the complexity and numbers of India. It appears the reach of regional films in today’s high-tech environment is getting longer adding weight to the argument that …

Hindi Imposition Debate: Not Everyone’s Speaking the Same Language Here - News18
2 years, 11 months ago

Hindi Imposition Debate: Not Everyone’s Speaking the Same Language Here - News18

News 18  

“I can’t learn Hindi for your convenience; learn Tamil if you want!” Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay’s dialogue in his latest movie, Beast, has set the tone once again for the already raging “Hindi imposition” controversy in the country. All this furore on speaking Hindi and its imposition began after Union Home minister Amit Shah’s comment that Hindi should be accepted …

What percentage of people prefer to speak Hindi across States?
5 years, 6 months ago

What percentage of people prefer to speak Hindi across States?

The Hindu  

People in only 12 out of 35 States and Union Territories had overwhelmingly chosen Hindi as the first choice for communication. The 2011 Census data shows that most Indian States, apart from a handful of States in northern and central India, do not primarily speak Hindi but have adopted the language as a secondary language. image/svg+xml Uttar Pradesh | 97.4 …

Hindi should become third language in the south for economic advantages it provides, not through patronage or propaganda
5 years, 9 months ago

Hindi should become third language in the south for economic advantages it provides, not through patronage or propaganda

Firstpost  

After attempts were made to replace English with Hindi as the link or bridge language to unify the nation, there was a massive backlash from the south and the Indira Gandhi-led government introduced amendments to the Official Languages Act, 1963. Amid objections over Hindi being made a compulsory language in all non-Hindi speaking states, the Ministry of Human Resource Development …

Why Bollywood and Hindi are no longer the face of Indian entertainment
6 years, 7 months ago

Why Bollywood and Hindi are no longer the face of Indian entertainment

Live Mint  

New Delhi: When she moved to Delhi in 1988, Gana Lakshminarayanan brought along a lot more than suitcases— for her luggage included a metaphorical cabinet loaded with Malayalam movie nostalgia. The biggest blockbusters on television in 2017 were two dubbed Telugu films—while Baahubali 2 set an all-time record for TV viewership, with even its repeat airing generating higher numbers than …

Sanskrit-speaking population higher than projected
7 years, 1 month ago

Sanskrit-speaking population higher than projected

The Hindu  

Is the Sanskrit-speaking population much higher than the one projected in the census? In his address at the 21st convocation of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha here on Monday, Mr. Debroy pointed out that the last census taken in 2011 did not cover the ‘great linguistic diversity’. Mr. Debroy made the observation while referring to Sanskrit being dubbed by some a …

Where are the Sanskrit speakers?
10 years, 7 months ago

Where are the Sanskrit speakers?

The Hindu  

In a country of over a billion people, there are about 14,000 people who claim Sanskrit is their mother tongue, an analysis of Census numbers reveals. With the Union government gearing up to celebrate Sanskrit Week, a district-wise profile of the ‘Dev Basha’ based on Census 2001 numbers reveal pockets in the heart of Uttar Pradesh, northern Telangana, southern Rajasthan, …

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