#LanguagePolitics
A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran said that Urdu was born in India, and that it is, like Marathi and Hindi, an Indo-Aryan language.

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#urdu #languagepolitics
April 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
My latest for @timesca.com as Central Asia rethinks Moscow’s influence Russian declines symbolically but still dominates the region’s cultural bureaucracy and art world infrastructure timesca.com/the-language... #CentralAsia #LanguagePolitics #Culture #PostSoviet #Identity
The Language Nobody Wants to Speak About: Russian’s Uneasy Place in Central Asia’s Cultural Conversation - The Times Of Central Asia
Rhetoric in segments of the Russian media has sharpened debates over sovereignty and influence across Central Asia, pushing these concerns beyond policy
timesca.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In the Hindi literary world, writers, particularly women, Dalits, and those who dissent, are pressured either to assimilate into the existing hierarchical framework or risk erasure altogether.

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✍️Charu Singh

#Hindi #LanguagePolitics
May 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Lashkari myth oversimplifies Urdu’s rich, indigenous history and undermines South Asia’s syncretic culture.
By Muhammad Raiyd Qazi

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#Urdu #Languages #Hindi #Hindustani #SouthAsia #linguistics #languagepolitics #politics #history #culture
August 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“All officials must use Marathi language while interacting with visitors, except for visitors from outside India and non-Marathi speaking states,” said a notification by the Maharashtra government.

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#Marathi #Maharashtra #LanguagePolitics
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Mother tongue is more important during this age, the Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar said.

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Learning Hindi would be in the students’ interest after Class 5 as 55% of the people in India speak the language, he added.

#languagepolitics
June 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Same in Canada over French. Many anglophones in Quebec thought it déclassé to speak it. I was in the first big French-immersion program, partly because my Donegal-born Ulster-Scot father was horrified he hadn’t learned Irish or Irish history.

#LanguagePolitics #Irish #Quebec #Bilingualism
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🔥 Tamil Nadu takes a bold stand on language policy!
The state gears up to oppose the imposition of Hindi, reaffirming pride in Tamil identity and linguistic diversity. 🗣️
What’s your take — unity through one language or strength in linguistic diversity? 💬👇

#TamilNadu #LanguagePolitics
October 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Spain-Spanish is not Latin American Spanish, and calling it “slang” is regurgetating harmful colonial thinking. I break down why Spanish has multiple standards and why this matters for writers, readers, and culture.

#LanguagePolitics #LatineWriters #DecolonizeLanguage #Spanglish #HaveACupOfJohanny
When “Spain-Spanish” Is Treated as the Default: How a Bad Linguistic Take Reveals Colonial Thinking
I knew the TikTok comment was wrong the moment I read it, but not because it offended me. I have a pretty high tolerance for internet nonsense. I knew it was wrong because it collapsed under the same basic logic I navigate every time I work with editors on my books. The commenter’s argument was this: Spain-Spanish is Latin American Spanish.
haveacupofjohanny.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
What #France ’s vanishing dialects reveal about #languagepolitics in #India, and how pride and shame shape #Bihar ’s tongues amid the dominance of Hindi and English.

Hugo Ribadeau Dumas writes:
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How Annie Ernaux’s story parallels the struggles of local languages in Bihar
IT MIGHT SEEM cheeky to bring up France when talking about India’s language politics. After all, France went maniacally monolingual after its Revolution. The on
www.himalmag.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Time to write it.
Time to own it. 💪

Tag every Haryanvi you know.
Repost if you’re tired of this colonial filter.

#Haryana #Haryanvi #Sanskrit #LanguagePolitics #DecoloniseHistory #Bharat #Sanskritday
August 28, 2026 at 5:30 AM
தமிழறிய அமைச்சர்களை நிதியமைச்சராக்கிய #ஈவிம் அவலங்கள் #banevm.org

பதவி விலகும் அமைச்சர்❗ தமிழ்நாட்டு கோவில்களில் மலையாள அதிகாரிகள்❗ #Netrikannhashtag/Netrikann" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Netrikann நெற்றிக்கண் - NETRIKANN : #Netrikann #vijay #vijayCm #vijaytvk #kalpathisaghoram #Archana_Kalpathis_Aghoram #tnassembly #assemblydebate #TamilNadu…
தமிழறிய அமைச்சர்களை நிதியமைச்சராக்கிய #ஈவிம் அவலங்கள் #banevm.org
பதவி விலகும் அமைச்சர்❗ தமிழ்நாட்டு கோவில்களில் மலையாள அதிகாரிகள்❗ #Netrikann நெற்றிக்கண் - NETRIKANN : #Netrikann #vijay #vijayCm #vijaytvk #kalpathisaghoram #Archana_Kalpathis_Aghoram #tnassembly #assemblydebate #TamilNadu #PoliticalControversy #TamilLanguage #Praveen #ChiefMinisterVijay #ArchanaKalpathi #TamilIdentity #LanguagePolitics #TamilNaduNews #CulturalRepresentation #PoliticalAnalysis #TamilPolitics #CurrentAffairs #TamilNaduDebate #Marginalization #SocialIssues In this compelling video, we delve into the recent actions and statements made by politicians in Tamil Nadu that have sparked significant controversy. The Malayalam-speaking member of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Praveen, has come under fire for derogatory remarks about the Tamil language.
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August 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Urdu and Hindi are two registers of the same language, yet politics has long sought to divide them.
By Muhammad Raiyd Qazi

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#Urdu #Languages #Hindi #Hindustani #SouthAsia #linguistics #languagepolitics #politics #history #culture
The Politics Of Language In South Asia: Debunking The Urdu-Hindi Divide
The Urdu-Hindi divide is a political myth; both are registers of Hindustani, shaped by history, culture, and colonial-nationalist agendas, not conquest
thefridaytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It is always useful to remind oneself that most of the printed intellectual discussions in India happen in languages that are not English (despite India having the largest circulation English newspaper in the world). #LanguagePolitics
May 28, 2026 at 8:04 AM
"தீ பரவட்டும்" மொழிப்போரில் மறைக்கப்படும் முஸ்லிம்களின் வரலாறு

முழு பதிவை அறிந்து கொள்ள கீழே உள்ள லிங்க்கை கிளிக் செய்யவும்.

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#HiddenHistory #MuslimHistory #ErasedNarratives #LanguagePolitics #CulturalErasure #MinorityVoices #HistoricalInjustice #TruthMatters #SocialJustice
#IndiaPolitics #Nadunilai_Samuthayam
ட்ரம்பை ஆட்டம் காணவைக்கும் காமேனி
நடுநிலைச் சமுதாயம் உரிமை : 8 குரல் : 3 ட்ரம்பை ஆட்டம் காணவைக்கும் காமேனி
tntj.net
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 AM
#Maharashtra minister Nitish Rane claimed that the Opposition should ask Muslims to teach #Marathi in madrasas and recite the azaan in the language instead of Urdu, adding that “otherwise, all you get from there is a gun”.

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#LanguagePolitics
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
5/10 The novel's real focus is language itself. A key debate centres on katakana—Japanese script for foreign-derived words. These sound "milder, more euphemistic" than traditional kanji, potentially masking discriminatory meanings.
#Katakana #LanguagePolitics
August 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Quebec's over reach: It's bad enough 90%+ of the ads while listening to my EN podcasts on Spotify are now French and I don't bloody well live in #Quebec. The change from EN to FR came suddenly over the last several months. When is enough enough? #languagepolitics

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Apple and Spotify warn Quebec against French music streaming quotas
"The best way forward is to focus on listeners’ freedom rather than imposing limits," says the head of the music-streaming industry’s trade association.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In my latest Port of Entry essay, I write about the politics of language, assimilation, and passing (or not passing) our mother tongues to our children.
Read, share & subscribe to support indie BIPOC media: buff.ly/2RWgIb3
#PortOfEntry #BadBunny #LanguagePolitics
​​ESSAY: Bad Bunny’s Upcoming Super Bowl Performance Reminds America That Language Is Power
Language is inheritance — and sometimes, rebellion.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
July 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
But language politics decides what gets respect… and what gets ridiculed.

So ask yourself:

If the land of composition is mocked…
and the language of the people is denied status…

Are we decolonised —
or just administratively independent?

#Haryana #LanguagePolitics #DecoloniseHistory
April 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM