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20 Oct, 7 tweets, 3 min read
Following a Zomato executive’s remark that Hindi is “our national language”, #StopHindiImposition began trending.

This rekindled the debate of inclusive Indian nationalism.

Here’s why Hindi is not a “common language” in India:
‘When the proponents of Hindi language called for its recognition as the national language, the representatives of non-Hindi speaking areas insisted that their languages were equally national.’

What History Tells Us About Hindi as 'Rashtra Bhasha':

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Whom exactly will the learning of Hindi be imposed on in south India and the northeast?

Clearly, this proposal is only applicable to poor children in villages who study at government schools.

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By restricting entry, banning video recordings and organising press conferences in Hindi, the ICMR did not just alienate journalists from its COVID bulletins, but also several non-Hindi speakers.

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Tamil Nadu: For Many, Anti-Hindi T-Shirts Represent Anxieties About Jobs and Future

Although the trend has provided much-needed relief for a few small manufacturers, the protest is about much more than just anti-Hindi sentiment.

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First Hindi, then Sanskrit. Despite the BJP’s fondness for thrusting languages down the throats of all Indians, resistance against these moves are visible in large parts of the country.

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The decision to shut down the central news units of All India Radio in several Indian languages in Delhi, and shift them to their respective state capitals, is in line with the govt’s push to secure the hegemony of Hindi.

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Uttarakhand has received the highest rainfall in 24 hours in recorded history.

It should be impossible to believe climate change is distant, leave alone avoidable, at this point. It is here, it is assailing us.

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Were the #DelhiRiots a pre-planned conspiracy?

Yes - but by whom, and against who?

This investigation looked at the links between the so-called 'fringe' Hindutva ecosystem and BJP leaders that were not examined by the Delhi Police.

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The ICMR’s top leadership has ‘tailored’ the agency’s findings on the spread of COVID-19 and its possible trajectory to suit PM Modi’s agenda and pressured scientists to downplay the threat posed by the pandemic, according to an @nytimes report.

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BREAKING | The phone number of the current chief of Bihar cricket, Rakesh Tiwary, considered close to those at the helm of cricket administration in India, has been identified in the leaked database analysed by the #PegasusProject, The Wire can confirm.

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Two phone numbers used by Tiwary were selected as possible candidates for surveillance in 2018 by an unknown client of the NSO Group, as per the leaked records, about a year before he became president of the Bihar Cricket Association.

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Tiwary’s rise in Indian cricket has been rapid, but at the time he was selected as a person of interest by an Indian agency that also uses Pegasus spyware, he was relatively unknown.

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BREAKING | #PegasusProject Rajeshwar Singh, a senior ED officer who led several high-profile investigations was selected as a probable target for surveillance.

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@ArvindKejriwal Singh, a provincial police service officer (PPS) from Uttar Pradesh, has been with the ED since 2009, during which time he had served on the investigation of several sensitive cases such as the 2G spectrum scam and the Aircel-Maxis matter.

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@ArvindKejriwal A second number was listed around 2018, when two numbers registered to his wife are added, as are the numbers of his two sisters, one of whom, Abha Singh, is an IAS officer-turned-lawyer based in Mumbai.

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