Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has criticised Tamil Nadu politicians for “hypocrisy” over the alleged imposition of Hindi in the state. The Janasena Party chief pointed out that while these leaders oppose Hindi, they allow Tamil movies to be dubbed in the language for financial gains. “I do not understand why some criticise…
Tamil Nadu minister Durai Murugan has stoked controversy after he said in a public address that North India has a tradition where a woman can have multiple husbands as he gave a reference of Draupadi – the main female protagonist of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. He also threatened to “cut off” tongues of those…
A huge uproar has erupted in Rajya Sabha over Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s alleged “derogatory” remarks during a debate on delimitation and the alleged ‘imposition’ of Hindi through the three-language formula under the New Education Policy (NEP). While Mallikarjun Kharge has apologised and withdrawn his comments – a…
The debate over the three-language formula in the National Education Policy (NEP) rocked Lok Sabha on Monday after a war of words broke out between Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and DMK members after Pradhan termed the Tamil Nadu government as “dishonest” and the people of the state as “uncivilised”. Pradhan’s remarks triggered protests by…
By the time I graduated from school, I counted various versions of Hindi, Urdu, English and Chhattisgarhi as my own languages. For college, I went to Trichy in Tamil Nadu, and developed deep admiration for the Tamil language and culture. I learnt to understand the language, but could not speak fluently. Now I have been…
Tamil Nadu Hindi row: Senior DMK leader Kanimozhi has said that the ruling party of Tamil Nadu was not against any language but against the ‘imposition’ of Hindi by the Centre. Kanimozhi’s clarification comes amid the war of words between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government in Tamil Nadu and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
