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Poet to poet: Eurig Salisbury on the politics of language and his fondest dream

Welsh poet Eurig Salisbury on not fitting in, the politics of language, and his fondest dream

6 min read24 Feb 2018
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Bharatendu Harishchandra: The man behind modern Hindi

Harishchandra began life in 1850 in a combination of tragedy and grandiosity, and lost his parents young but grew up so rich that all his life his greatest difficulty

5 min read9 Jan 2018
Opinion

The blurring of lines between Indian languages

Language has the potential to overcome all obstacles created by linguistic divisions

3 min read10 Sep 2017
Politics

Nirmala Sitharaman rejects DMK’s Hindi imposition charge

Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman says centre is not against Tamil, as contended by DMK, and that learning Hindi is the decision of the parents and the child

2 min read30 Apr 2017
Opinion

The dangers of Hindi chauvinism

Hindi can be first among equals when it comes to national languages, but it cannot hope to become the only one

3 min read21 Apr 2017
Politics

Language politics shaping up anti-BJP alliance ahead of Goa elections

Former Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar's Goa Suraksha Manch is bringing together like-minded parties like Shiv Sena to oust BJP from the state

3 min read19 Dec 2016

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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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