An onslaught on a community often takes the form of intense loathing of the language it communicates in. One of the earliest myths associated with Urdu is that it was a camp language, spoken and perhaps also invented in the army camps of the Mughals, by soldiers of Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Hindustani origins, who borrowed heavily from one another’s …
While negotiating independence from Dutch colonial rule, Indonesian nationalists decided that a reformed version of Malay would become the official language. Debates in the Constituent Assembly In contrast, the issue of adopting a national language could not be resolved when the Constituent Assembly began drafting India’s Constitution. On the one side were members from the Hindi-speaking provinces who moved a …
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, leader of Hindustani Awam Morcha, is all set to forge alliance with Janata Dal United ahead of the Bihar assembly election. Jitan Ram Manjhi's alliance with Janata Dal United will pave way for the entry of a fourth political party in the Bihar NDA ahead of the assembly elections. According to sources, the …
“We need also a common language not in suppression of the vernaculars, but in addition to them. It is generally agreed that that medium should be Hindustani – a resultant of Hindi and Urdu, neither highly Sanskritized, nor highly Persianized or Arabianized.” That’s what Gandhi said in August 1925, as he grappled with one question: What will be India’s national …
A constituent of the opposition Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha on Wednesday threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha polls next year if it did not get a sizeable number of seats Patna: A constituent of the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar, Hindustani Awam Morcha on Wednesday threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha polls next year if …