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Hindi not competitor but friend of all regional languages: Amit Shah

Hindi language is not a competitor but a "friend" of all the other regional languages in the country and they are mutually dependent on each other for their growth, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Wednesday. He denounced the "disinformation" campaign to pit Hindi against native languages and underlined the need to strengthen local languages with Hindi. Addressing the All India Official Language Conference in Surat city on Hindi Day, Shah said that accepting the co-existence of languages was needed and stressed the need to make Hindi flexible by taking words from other languages to expand its dictionary. Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow. "I want to make one thing very clear. Some people are spreading disinformation that Hindi and Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil, Hindi and Marathi are competitors. Hindi cannot be a competitor to any other language in the country. You must understand that Hindi is the friend of all the languages of the

Twitter to bring Edit Tweet feature finally: Here's all you need to know

Twitter will be paying close attention to how the feature can impact the way people read, write, and engage with tweets

BHARAT: An Indian font that integrates elements from 12 languages

India's top typographers at Rediffusion Design Studios have been working hard for the past six months to create a font that would be intrinsically and eternally Indian

History books have few lines on Prithviraj, lot about Mughals: Akshay Kumar

Ahead of the release of his film Samrat Prithviraj, a historical action drama based on the warrior Rajput king, Kumar said it's sad we don't know about our own kings.

Move to impose Hindi cannot be accepted, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

He said languages are the basis of culture and life of each society and this diversity will be destroyed if a language is killed

Language chauvinism will boomerang, says Telangana minister K T Rama Rao

Taking exception to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comments on Hindi as an alternative to English, ruling TRS Working President and Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao on Saturday said "language chauvinism and hegemony" in the country will boomerang. He said it would be a "great disservice to impose Hindi" on the nation's youngsters who have global aspirations. "Unity in diversity is our strength dear @AmitShahJi. India is a union of states & a true Vasudhaika Kutumbam'. Why don't we let people of our great nation decide what to eat, what to wear, who to pray to and what language to speak!," Rama Rao tweeted with the hashtag #stopHindiImposition. "Language chauvinism/hegemony will boomerang," he added. "I am an Indian first, a proud Telugu & Telanganaite next. Can speak in my mother tongue Telugu, English, Hindi & a little bit of Urdu too. To impose Hindi & diss English will be a great disservice to the youngsters of this nation who have global aspirations," said Rama ...

Listen to yourself first before you communicate your message: Sunit Tandon

In a Q&A, the Director of the India Habitat Centre says every communication is about pitching it correctly so that it is received well by the listener on whom you want to make an impact

China says 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025

China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85 per cent of its citizens will use the national language by 2025

Google for India bets on digital skilling; small biz, language focus stays

Google's India chief Sanjay Gupta said Indians are now spending 20% more time on smartphones with 2.5x more smartphone users in past 12 months compared to the previous year

Classical language status to Marathi under consideration: Govt in Lok Sabha

The proposal for granting classical language status to Marathi is under active consideration, Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Monday. Replying to a supplementary question by BJP MP Gopal Shetty in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said a 8-member committee was set up which is deliberating on the subject. "So far, Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia have been given the status of classical languages. Giving the status to Marathi language is under consideration and the Government will move forward with a positive attitude," Meghwal said during the Question Hour, which witnessed repeated adjournments amid opposition protest over Pegasus spyware and other issues. The criteria adopted by the government to determine the eligibility of a language for classical status includes its recorded history over a period of 1500-2000 years, body of ancient literature, whether its literary tradition is original and not borrowed from another speech community and other

The grammar of digital communication

Contemporary communication relies more than ever on how we say something rather than on what we say

Will try to get 'official' tag for Eighth Schedule languages: Stalin

The DMK government would work towards getting all the languages including Tamil, listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution,Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Sunday.

Gained in translation - jobs and love for foreign tongues in India

Dehradun offers a snapshot of how language learning is picking up among young Indians

Lok Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020

The Lok Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 with voice vote, allowing Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, to be official languages in J&K

The language of Delhi

Katyal, as his many fans would already know, also creates a queer map for Delhi

Making a billion go online: FICCI calls for language friendly internet

As much as 70 per cent of Indians are non-English speakers, and the global mission is to bring the next billion people online making the Internet more friendly for their language

'Lifeline of culture': Venkaiah Naidu bats for preserving native languages

Naidu also commended the foundation for creating a framework to adjudge the creative output in literature of different languages

Tied to a nation state

To believe that one language unifies all would mean that many languages divide the people. However, to cast language in this role seems antithetical to its original intent

Using AI for Hinglish and Benglish

Speech-based commands can liberate all consumers and professionals from the tyranny of typing on screens. In many ways, voice would be the main social equalizer

Brands look at ways to crack the language code in Indian hinterland

Marketers are helping brands craft multi-lingual narratives, but technology and budgets prove to be stumbling blocks