In his lectures at the Cambridge University in 1884, British Civil Servant John Strachey had said: "This is first thing to learn about India that there is not, and never was an India, or even any country of India possessing, according to any European ideas; any sort of unity, physical, political, social or religious".
The issue of languages in the Indian subcontinent is a sensitive and important political question. As the Hindutva nationalist are trying to impose their agenda of linguistic homogeneity and hegemonic imposition of Hindi in the Indian subcontinent, the language is expected to take prominence and spark unrest amongst various linguistic and cultural groups.
With political parties in Tamil Nadu reviving the issue of autonomy in state matters, and warning of a major protest against the BJP-led Centre if the government fails to clarify the role of Hindi in its proposed three-language policy, musician A R Rahman on Tuesday joined the issue.
The Punjab University (PU) syndicate has reportedly resolved to promote Hindi as official language of the University.
As per the media reports the students of Indian Institute for Management (IIM) Bangalore are baffled that despite being a Kannada speaking state,
Termed as a backlash against imposition of Hindi hegemony over non hindi speakers of the Indian sub-continent the hindi sign boards at Bengaluru metro
New Delhi: As per the media reports available in order to reinforce its efforts to impose hindi on the non-hindi habitats of the Sub-continent the pro ...
Leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu state assembly and working president of DMK party M.K Stalin while strongly criticising the BJP led Central government stated that it was trying to relegate people who don’t speak Hindi to second-class citizens, and of pushing the sub continent into becoming “Hindia”.