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Zomato fires and reinstates support agent who told a customer that Tamil Nadu restaurant owners ‘should know Hindi a little’

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2021

Angry Zomato customer takes to Twitter to lash out on company after customer care executive, who did not know Tamil, says language barrier as reason for not being able to resolve his query to his satisfaction

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Hemant Soren calls Bhojpuri, Magahi as language of rape and abuse, says they are ‘borrowed’ and imposed upon people of Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff - 15 September, 2021

“These are the borrowed languages. These are the languages of Bihar and not Jharkhand," Soren said to Hindustan Times.

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BJP leader requests Muslim religious bodies to recite Azaan in Indian languages instead of Arabic, so everyone understands the message

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2021

BJP leader urges govt and Muslim clerics to ensure that Azaan is recited in Indian languages instead of Arabic so everyone understands the message.

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Did you know former PM Manmohan Singh cannot read Hindi? All his speeches were written in Urdu

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2021

Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan SIngh needed his Hindi speeches written in Urdu so that he could read them

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World Hindi Day and how it is different from ‘Hindi Diwas’

Dibakar Dutta - 10 January, 2021

Since 1975, the World Hindi Conference has been organised in several countries over the years including Mauritius, USA and the UK

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On Hindi Diwas, veteran actor Dharmendra shares his love for languages through this clip, wins the Internet

OpIndia Staff - 14 September, 2020

14th September is celebrated as Hindi Diwas and veteran actor Dharmendra shared his love for the language in the best possible way.

Political History of India

How Dravidian ideologues used ‘opposition to Hindi’ to build their ‘protector of Tamil culture’ image and retain power

Suren - 21 August, 2020

We will now look at how they used the plank of opposition to Hindi as a means of building their image as protectors of Tamil culture and native rights and to bring them to power.

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