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West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee

Words Used By Common People Need To Enter Lexicon For Growth Of Language: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that for the evolution and growth of a language, it is necessary to include words used by the masses to enter its lexicon. Addressing a programme at Deshapriya Park...

22 February 2023

Preamble to the Constitution of India.

How ‘WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA’ Have Performed As A Republic?

In the context of the 74th Republic day, we in Outlook, take a small journey to recall how we perceived and interrogated the idea of the Republic throughout the year, bringing back the debates that make ‘Us’.

25 January 2023

DMK Chief MK Stalin

'Language Is Blood Flow...': Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin On Hindi Imposition

Accusing the opposition, BJP, of 'Hindi imposition', Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said that a person could learn as many languages as they wished. However, the state would not tolerate the imposition of any other language. 

22 December 2022

M Venkaiah Naidu

Mother Tongue Is Our Lifeline: Ex-Vice President

The former VP further praised Pulikonda Subbachary’s Novel Revu Tirabadite, in which the writer highlighted the struggling social life of the various profession-based castes of the village. 

20 February 2023

A piece of hand-written poem by Amitava Kumar.

Conversations With Dad In Other Language And The Difficulty To Say Those Things...

I became a writer to point out what was left unsaid, not so much to unsay it as much as to gesture toward it. I wrote this poem after my recent visit to my father in Patna. I was accompanied by my 13-year-old son, Rahul.

14 January 2023

The Urdu poet has always been known to be liberal, even iconoclastic.

Jashn-e-Rekhta Returns To Delhi After 3 Year Hiatus

Jashn-e-Rekhta, the festival celebrating Urdu and “Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”, began in Delhi after three year hiatus, following Covid-19 pandemic.

03 December 2022

UGC announces new set of guidelines directing commencement of new academic session from October 1, admissions to be completed by September 30.

UGC Asks Governors, CMs To Encourage Teaching In Local Languages In Higher Education Institutions

Teaching through Indian languages is a key area of focus of the National Education Policy 2020. The policy emphasizes the importance of teaching and teaching materials in the mother tongue.

18 February 2023

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Book cover Adhyatam Ramayan by Guru Narayan

Persian And Urdu Ramayans

Travels through the marvellous world of Urdu and Persian Ramayans

12 November 2022

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09 November 2022
Explained: What Is Mother Tongue Survey And Its Importance In Preserving India's Linguistic Data

Explained: What Is Mother Tongue Survey And Its Importance In Preserving India's Linguistic Data

A web archive has been planned to be set up at the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to preserve and analyse the original flavour of each indigenous mother...


08 November 2022
Government Completes Mother Tongue Survey Of 576 Languages

Government Completes Mother Tongue Survey Of 576 Languages

Jurisdictional changes that occurred in the country after Census 2011 till December 31, 2019 have been updated in the geo- referenced database and further...


05 November 2022
All Languages Are Given Importance In NEP 2020: Dharmendra Pradhan At 'Kashi-Tamil Samagam'

All Languages Are Given Importance In NEP 2020: Dharmendra Pradhan At 'Kashi-Tamil Samagam'

A month-long 'Kashi- Tamil Samagam' is being organised here by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, which will allow about 25,00 Tamil Nadu residents...


29 October 2022
Our Stories, Their Words: How More Writers From The West Are Now Translating Indian Literature

Our Stories, Their Words: How More Writers From The West Are Now Translating Indian Literature

Earlier, we Indians had to translate into English to reach the West. But now it’s people from the West who are attracted to Hindi literature and are...


29 October 2022
Interpreter Of Hindustani Maladies

Interpreter Of Hindustani Maladies

Reflections on lasting themes like Partition, changing trends like alienation, and the lack of gender and caste perspectives in Hindi literature


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18 October 2022
TN Assembly Adopts Resolution Against Hindi Imposition

TN Assembly Adopts Resolution Against Hindi Imposition

The resolution, piloted by Chief Minister M K Stalin, contended that the recommendation submitted to the President on September 9, are against the state...


13 October 2022
Rahul Gandhi Warns BJP-RSS Of Any Attack On Kannada Language

Rahul Gandhi Warns BJP-RSS Of Any Attack On Kannada Language

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s warning comes days after JDS leader Kumaraswamy alleged that the central SSC exam was being held only in Hindi and English and...


30 September 2022
What’s In A Name? Of The I Love You Talangs And Hilarious Pohchens Of Meghalaya

What’s In A Name? Of The I Love You Talangs And Hilarious Pohchens Of Meghalaya

The recent death of six prison escapees in Meghalaya drew the world's attention to the unique names of the Khasi people of India and the complex history and...


28 September 2022
Explained: Why Bihar Government Wants To Set Up Academies Of Surajpuri And Bajjika Dialects

Explained: Why Bihar Government Wants To Set Up Academies Of Surajpuri And Bajjika Dialects

The decision to constitute separate centres here for fostering Bajjika and Surjapuri culture and literature was taken at a recent meeting chaired by Chief...


14 September 2022
In The Spirit Of Hindi Diwas: Can Hindi Ever Become Our National Language?

In The Spirit Of Hindi Diwas: Can Hindi Ever Become Our National Language?

All languages are equal but some are more equal than others. As India celebrates Hindi Diwas to commemorate the contribution of Hindi to the nation’s ethos...


14 September 2022
Hindi Is Not Competitor But Friend Of All Regional Languages: Amit Shah

Hindi Is Not Competitor But Friend Of All Regional Languages: Amit Shah

Addressing the All India Official Language Conference in Surat city, Shah said that accepting the co-existence of languages was needed and stressed the need to...


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14 September 2022
How Hindi Literature Failed The Saffron Challenge

How Hindi Literature Failed The Saffron Challenge

Hindi Diwas: The silence of major writers suggests that the rightward shift of the Hindi heartland was inevitable.


14 September 2022
Hindi's Simplicity, Sensitivity Always Attract People: PM Modi

Hindi's Simplicity, Sensitivity Always Attract People: PM Modi

In his tweet on Hindi Diwas, Modi expressed heartfelt thanks to all who have made tireless efforts to enrich and strengthen the country's largest spoken...


14 September 2022
The Malayali Loves Hindi, But Don't Take It As Acquiescence

The Malayali Loves Hindi, But Don't Take It As Acquiescence

Hindi Diwas: Even the otherwise Hindi-friendly Malayali rises to resi­st the imposition of Hindi on them


14 September 2022
Hindi Diwas: Efforts At Proselytising Hindi Abroad Have Fallen Flat Down The Ages

Hindi Diwas: Efforts At Proselytising Hindi Abroad Have Fallen Flat Down The Ages

Hindi Diwas: Efforts to promote Hindi overseas have been ongoing for decades. And both the UPA and NDA governments have strived to have the language adopted...


14 September 2022
The Tamil-Dravidian Framework As A Secular Antithesis To Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan

The Tamil-Dravidian Framework As A Secular Antithesis To Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan

Hindi Diwas: The government should be concerned that the younger generation dislikes language imperialism


14 September 2022
Hindi Chauvinism Hangs Like An Imperialist Spectre Over Rest Of India

Hindi Chauvinism Hangs Like An Imperialist Spectre Over Rest Of India

Hindi Diwas: With Hindi being pushed by the Centre as Rashtra Bhasha, the spectre of language imperialism haunts the Indian Union


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