Never spoke of imposing Hindi: Amit Shah
5 years, 3 months ago

Never spoke of imposing Hindi: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday claimed that he did not push for Hindi over regional languages. Referring to his speech on the occasion of Hindi Divas on Saturday where he made a pitch for a common language for India, the Home Minister said that to end the confusion, people should listen to his speech carefully but “if someone wants to do politics, it is their choice.” “I have just made the request. But there should be one language in the country, if someone wants to learn another language, it should be Hindi.” The Congress said the three-language formula should not be tinkered with. “The Polit Bureau of the CPI strongly opposes these efforts which stem from the RSS conception of one nation, one culture, one language,” said the party in a statement. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said it was a planned attempt to divert attention from real issues, while his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee tweeted: “My best wishes to all on Hindi Diwas.

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English education: A case for two-language policy
1 week, 2 days ago

English education: A case for two-language policy

The Hindu  

For decades, “modernisation” in India has often boiled down to minor tweaks dressed up as major reforms — announced with fanfare but seldom pursued with real vigour. A policy that maintains the child’s mother tongue as the bedrock of cultural and conceptual understanding — while guaranteeing proficiency in English — can tackle deep-rooted educational inequalities and unlock India’s unrealised potential …

Shah: Hindi has an unbreakable bond with every Indian language
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Shah: Hindi has an unbreakable bond with every Indian language

Hindustan Times  

Hindi shares an “unbreakable bond” with local languages and there can never be a competition between Indian languages, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday as he extended greetings for Hindi Diwas. Emphasising the connection between Hindi and all Indian languages, Shah said the country’s progress is intertwined with the enrichment of these languages. The official language Hindi has …

Hindi should be generally accepted as the language of work with consensus: Shah
4 months ago

Hindi should be generally accepted as the language of work with consensus: Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was unanimously re-elected the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language on Monday, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. “We should take care that the speakers of any local language do not have an inferiority complex and that Hindi is generally accepted as the language of work with consensus and agreement,” he said. New …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue, Hindi: Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue, Hindi: Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages. An important aspect of the National Education Policy 2020 is to teach children in their mother tongue," he said. The …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue: Amit Shah

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on August 13, said that he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi. An important aspect of the National Education Policy 2020 is to teach children in their mother tongue," he said. The aim of this institute, founded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue as well as Hindi: Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

Not opposed to English, but children in India should learn mother tongue as well as Hindi: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 13 said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages. Mr. Shah also urged the graduating students to make use of the wealth of knowledge that is available in Sanskrit …

Amit Shah's remark on Hindi slammed by TN political parties
1 year, 5 months ago

Amit Shah's remark on Hindi slammed by TN political parties

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that Hindi must be finally accepted by all States without opposition was slammed by leaders of several political parties in Tamil Nadu starting from Chief Minister M K Stalin, who told Shah that it would be an unwise move to ignite the embers of the ‘1965 Anti-Hindi Agitations,’ to Dr S Ramadoss, founder …

'Disastrous to forget mother tongue': Maharashtra Guv bats for 'regional language'
1 year, 11 months ago

'Disastrous to forget mother tongue': Maharashtra Guv bats for 'regional language'

India Today  

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari said it would be disastrous to forget our mother tongue and urged parents to send their children to vernacular medium schools. Sharing anecdotes from his life, Koshyari said that one of the IAS officers he met had completed his primary schooling in his mother tongue. "If he can study in his mother tongue and become …

Education in mother tongue will increase student's ability to think, reason, analyse: Amit Shah
2 years ago

Education in mother tongue will increase student's ability to think, reason, analyse: Amit Shah

India TV News  

The education imparted to a student in his mother tongue as provided under the new National Education Policy will increase his ability to think, reason, analyse and research, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Saturday. Addressing a gathering at the 95th anniversary of Sheth G C High School at Vijapur here, Shah said work was underway to translate …

'Hindi Imposition is Against Democratic Principles': Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Writes to PM Over Panel Report
2 years, 2 months ago

'Hindi Imposition is Against Democratic Principles': Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Writes to PM Over Panel Report

News 18  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of Hindi imposition and urged the PM to drop any attempts to impose the language. In his letter, he stated that the recommendations given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah – who heads the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language – to President …

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

Shunning a language
2 years, 6 months ago

Shunning a language

The Hindu  

It is not unusual for private schools to enforce the English-only rule on their students and teachers. “To encourage the usage of English language among students in order to enhance the related skills” — that typical response obviously does not apply here. In truth, a good chunk of the State’s population considers its regional language to be “coarse” and “crude” …

DMK leader defends his casteist comment 'Hindi will reduce Tamils to status of 'shudras'
2 years, 7 months ago

DMK leader defends his casteist comment 'Hindi will reduce Tamils to status of 'shudras'

Firstpost  

TKS Elangovan also claimed that Hindi-speaking states in the country were not developed, while those with vernacular languages as mother tongue were doing well Hours after causing a storm with his remark on Hindi, DMK leader and the party’s Rajya Sabha member TKS Elangovan on Monday defended his comments by saying the arrival of the language from the north has …

Centre's aggressive push for Hindi as North-East India's 'link language' threatens to expose ethnic fault lines
2 years, 7 months ago

Centre's aggressive push for Hindi as North-East India's 'link language' threatens to expose ethnic fault lines

The Hindu  

North-eastern India is a linguistic mosaic, with over 400 different languages spoken in the region. Dr Banani Chakravarty said a section of the Assamese elite, while asserting Assamese linguistic aspiration, encouraged the “otherisation” of Tibeto-Burman language speakers. “A section of the Assamese power elite assumes that it is essential for Tibeto-Burman language speakers and speakers of ‘minor languages’ to know …

Hindi Imposition Debate: Not Everyone’s Speaking the Same Language Here - News18
2 years, 8 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 …

It is time to let sleeping dogmas lie: on ‘Hindi imposition’
2 years, 8 months ago

It is time to let sleeping dogmas lie: on ‘Hindi imposition’

The Hindu  

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement recently, saying that Hindi should replace English as the “link language” and that the Government’s work will increasingly be in Hindi, has set the proverbial cat among the Southern pigeons. It has been a long-standing policy plank of the Hindutva movement that Hindi, the language of the northern and central Indian States, where …

Language no bar: The Hindu Editorial on Amit Shah’s statement on Hindi
2 years, 8 months ago

Language no bar: The Hindu Editorial on Amit Shah’s statement on Hindi

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on making Hindi the language of communication for people of non-Hindi speaking areas or States was absolutely unnecessary. Calling for the use of an Indian language among people who spoke languages other than Hindi, Mr. Shah said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages. Mr. Shah’s observations …

Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject
2 years, 9 months ago

Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject

The Hindu  

The Centre’s move to make Hindi a compulsory language in schools across the eight States in the northeast has miffed various organisations in the region. Describing Hindi as “the language of India”, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Hindi would be made a must up to Class 10 in the region’s schools. Hindi can be an optional subject,” Samuel …

Hurts India's unity: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin on Amit Shah's 'Hindi over English' remark
2 years, 9 months ago

Hurts India's unity: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin on Amit Shah's 'Hindi over English' remark

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has criticised Home Minister Amit Shah's remark in which he said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages. Taking to Twitter, Stalin wrote, "The Home Minister says to speak in Hindi instead of English and this is hurting India’s unity. Hindi should be accepted as an alternative …

Non-Hindi speaking states want English: DMK hits back at Amit Shah's 'language of India' remark
2 years, 9 months ago

Non-Hindi speaking states want English: DMK hits back at Amit Shah's 'language of India' remark

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, has rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English. DMK MP TKS Elangovan quoted assurances given by former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Parliament on English being the alternative language or second language for all non-Hindi speaking states. Hindi imposition debate was …

Amit Shah bats for Hindi as alternative to English, Opposition cries 'imposition'
2 years, 9 months ago

Amit Shah bats for Hindi as alternative to English, Opposition cries 'imposition'

India Today  

Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages, Union Home minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Union Home minister Amit Shah also stressed the need for "elementary knowledge of Hindi for students up to 9th class" and "more attention to Hindi teaching examinations". "Unless we make Hindi flexible by accepting words from other local …

Amit Shah pitches for Hindi use, Opposition cries foul
2 years, 9 months ago

Amit Shah pitches for Hindi use, Opposition cries foul

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on Thursday that when citizens of States communicate with each other, it should be in the language of India, with Hindi being accepted as an alternative to English, sparked widespread criticism with Opposition leaders dubbing it “Hindi imperialism”. Countering the Minister, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked why the Home Minister did not learn a …

New Education Policy reflects government's commitment towards empowerment of Indian languages: Amit Shah
3 years, 10 months ago

New Education Policy reflects government's commitment towards empowerment of Indian languages: Amit Shah

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that the new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi government towards the preservation, development, and empowerment of all Indian languages. In a message on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Shah said the mother tongue is a powerful medium of expression. Importance of Hindi language "Our new education policy …

Attempts of Hindi imposition will be resisted by southern states: Rajinikanth
5 years, 3 months ago

Attempts of Hindi imposition will be resisted by southern states: Rajinikanth

India TV News  

The concept of a common language in India was not possible, veteran actor Rajinikanth said Wednesday. Any attempts of Hindi imposition will not be only be resisted by southern states, but even many in the North, Rajinikanth asserted. The actor's remarks came in response to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent pitch for Hindi as a common language. The 'Superstar' …

Won’t compromise on Kannada: Yediyurappa
5 years, 3 months ago

Won’t compromise on Kannada: Yediyurappa

Live Mint  

Karnataka chief minister B.S.Yediyurappa, on Monday, jumped into the ‘One Nation, One Language’ debate, countering the stand taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party national leadership by stating that Kannada will remain the principal language in the state. Watch: Facing fire, BJP leaders downplay Amit Shah’s one nation, one language push Yediyurappa’s tweet sets the stage for the first clash with …

BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnataka amid protests
5 years, 3 months ago

BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnataka amid protests

India TV News  

Accusing the Congress of politicising the language issue, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ruled out imposing Hindi in Karnataka, an official said on Monday. Protesting against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call on Saturday to have Hindi as the common or national language, the opposition Congress and the regional Janata Dal-Secular leaders and cadres staged demonstrations during the weekend in …

Why Amit Shah thinks Hindi is the language of national integration
5 years, 3 months ago

Why Amit Shah thinks Hindi is the language of national integration

India Today  

Union home minister Amit Shah's emphasis on making Hindi the national link language has sparked off nationwide acrimony. Speaking on National Hindi Day in New Delhi on September 14, Shah emphasised the need for Hindi to be made the common language of the country. What Shah meant was that while vernacular languages should be given importance in their respective states, …

Pinarayi Vijayan lashes out at Amit Shah's remarks on Hindi, says notion that language can unite country 'absurd'
5 years, 3 months ago

Pinarayi Vijayan lashes out at Amit Shah's remarks on Hindi, says notion that language can unite country 'absurd'

Firstpost  

Vijayan said people in the southern, western and eastern parts of the country do not speak Hindi and to make it the primary language in these areas amounted to rejecting their mother tongues. Thiruvananthapuram: Slamming Union home minister Amit Shah for his Hindi language pitch, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said it was a “planned attempt” to stir …

Tamil Nadu leaders decry Amit Shah’s pitch for Hindi
5 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu leaders decry Amit Shah’s pitch for Hindi

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on Saturday, on the occasion of Hindi Divas, that Hindi should be India’s common and unifying language came in for sharp criticism from Tamil Nadu political leaders and the BJP’s own allies. Stalin said making Hindi as the national language would make non-Hindi speaking people the secondary citizen and undermine the unity. Dravidar Kazhagam …

Hindi Row: Karnataka opposition and youth protest against Home Minister Amit Shah’s Hindi, a unifier comment
5 years, 3 months ago

Hindi Row: Karnataka opposition and youth protest against Home Minister Amit Shah’s Hindi, a unifier comment

Hindustan Times  

Major opposition parties in Karnataka have disapproved Hindi as India’s potential national language in reaction to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that the country’s most widely spoken language could unify it and create a global identity. Former Karnataka chief ministers Siddaramaiah and Kumarswamy lent their voices against Central Home Minister Amit Shah’s advocacy of Hindi as a national …

‘Respect all languages, cultures equally’: Mamata Banerjee responds to Amit Shah's appeal for Hindi as national language
5 years, 3 months ago

‘Respect all languages, cultures equally’: Mamata Banerjee responds to Amit Shah's appeal for Hindi as national language

Firstpost  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said people should respect all languages and cultures equally but not at the cost of their mother tongues Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said people should respect all languages and cultures equally but not at the cost of their mother tongues. Her statement came after Home Minister Amit …

Parents should give equal importance to Hindi and English language learning for cognitive development
5 years, 5 months ago

Parents should give equal importance to Hindi and English language learning for cognitive development

India Today  

India is a vastly diverse nation in terms of its culture and traditions and we have innumerable languages and dialects. According to a census report in 2001, approximately 258 million citizens across India spoke in Hindi as their native language, while 120 million used Hindi as a second language. Parents should give equal importance to Hindi and English language learning …

No intention of imposing Hindi, says Centre after Tamil Nadu leaders warn of protests
5 years, 7 months ago

No intention of imposing Hindi, says Centre after Tamil Nadu leaders warn of protests

India Today  

The Central government on Saturday clarified that it has not taken a decision on the draft education policy and has no intention of imposing Hindi or any other language. The Centre's response came amid Tamil Nadu opposition parties' objection to the three-language formula for schools in the state as stated in the draft policy and said that the state will …

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