'Dangerous mindset that weakens Indian unity': Finance Minister Sitharaman attacks DMK govt over Rupee logo change rowFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticized the Tamil Nadu government's decision to replace the rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in the ...
13 Mar, 2025, 10.43 PM IST
Demanding linguistic equality is not chauvinism, says TN CM StalinTamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin asserts that demanding linguistic equality isn't chauvinism and criticizes Hindi zealots for feeling...
06 Mar, 2025, 12.07 PM IST
Expert: Lack of oxygen killed George Floyd, not drugsThomas did not work on Floyd's case but agreed with her former colleague Hennepin County Medical Examiner Andrew Baker that Floyd died from...
09 Apr, 2021, 10.25 PM IST
Bail set at $1 mn for US police officer charged in Floyd deathIn Washington, Democratic lawmakers knelt in silent tribute to Floyd before unveiling a package of police reforms in response to the killin...
09 Jun, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Fake news needs to become universalNot only does it sound far too sophisticated to evoke the correct mix of amusement and outrage, it is also excessively lengthy.
07 Oct, 2018, 11.46 PM IST
Chinwagging with man’s best friendTurning woofs into words would certainly revolutionise the human-dog relationship; maybe humans can then finally bark back to their pets to...
15 Jan, 2018, 11.12 PM IST
After BJP, AIADMK mocks at Karuna's jibe against HindiSeeking to mock the party for using Hindi selectively, the caricature had in the backdrop a poster put up by DMK during an election in chas...
12 Jun, 2016, 03.26 PM IST
BJP lambasts M Karunanidhi criticism of plan for Vedic education"Kalaignar (Karunanidhi) has criticised the Central government with the aim of once again doing politics in the name of language," BJP stat...
11 Jun, 2016, 06.03 PM IST
M Karunanidhi slams Centre for 'thrusting Sanskrit'Referring to media reports that the HRD Ministry was toying with the idea of setting up a board for Vedic education (Ved Vidya).
10 Jun, 2016, 07.16 PM IST
Poke Me: Lang can't be forced on people (Readers' React)This week's 'Poke Me', invited your comments on 'A language – Sanskrit or German – can’t be rammed down people’s throats'.
22 Nov, 2014, 05.35 AM IST
Firmly dump this Hindi chauvinismIndia is a country where the human sound has carried meaning, often deep, for millennia. This is a matter of legitimate pride for all India...
23 Jun, 2014, 03.40 AM IST
Narendra Modi finds a new fan in Congress’s Shashi TharoorShashi Tharoor has said that they appreciate the inclusive and positive language from the high echelons of this government."
05 Jun, 2014, 11.12 AM IST
Opposition should not ignore Narendra Modi's 'inclusive outreach': Shashi TharoorCong spokesperson Shashi Tharoor today said the opposition would be "churlish" in ignoring the voices of inclusive outreach of the new Prim...
04 Jun, 2014, 09.03 PM IST
- Twisting tongues to stay tied to a tongue?
There has been no move to counter France’s ongoing war on words that are avowedly English by provenance but international by usage.
24 Oct, 2013, 04.11 AM IST
- English presides over multicultural and multinational interactions
Considering the first words the new French PM addressed to Angela Merkel, there is no doubt that English is the language of international p...
19 May, 2012, 07.12 AM IST
Mother TongueLilacharitra is post-Prakrit Marathi's very first book. It is a biography of the Gujarat-born saint, Sri Chakradharswami, compiled by Mahim...
21 Dec, 2011, 05.59 PM IST
- Another attack on the idea of India
Members of Maha legislature attacked not just leader but also idea of India.
10 Nov, 2009, 04.06 AM IST