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Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public meeting ahead of Gujarat Assembly election in Ahmedabad (PTI Photo)

States should promote technical, medical and law education in mother tongue: Shah

Shah said students can develop an original thought process with ease if they study in their mother tongue
30 Nov 2022 11:51 AM
(L-R) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah. (DC Image)

Centre completes mother tongue survey of 576 languages and dialects

08 Nov 2022 10:42 PM
President Droupadi Murmu (PTI)

Prez Droupadi Murmu bats for teaching in mother tongue

Murmu also noted that India's school education is counted among the world's largest education systems
05 Sep 2022 12:57 PM
Naidu also suggested improving scientific and technical terminology in Indian languages in order to ensure a wider reach. — PTI file photo

Take pride in speaking in the mother-tongue: Vice President

Language is more than just a medium of communication. It is an unseen thread that connects our past, present and future, says Vice President
30 Aug 2021 9:04 AM
Parents are mystified how the New Education Policy 2020 will be implemented, especially its emphasis on learning in the mother tongue. (PTI file photo)

New NEP is nice but what is Hyderabad's mother tongue?

Schools and parents ask: What about people who move to new places?
31 Jul 2020 2:05 PM
To promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote social and multilingual identity, International Mother Tongue Day has been celebrated every year on February 21 since 1990, after the declaration by the United Nations to recognise the sacrifices of people who lost their lives for the sake of their mother tongue in Bangladesh. (Photo: ANI)

In a changing world, it’s vital people continue to use their mother tongue

The beauty of academic education is that the majority of it comes from books that can be more easily produced in areas with greater resources.
20 Feb 2020 4:56 AM
The linguistic minority students appearing for tenth standard examinations next month (around 20,000) are a confused lot now as the judgment has not been delivered by the special bench so far.

Chennai: Plea to extend exemption to linguistic minority students for Class 10

Minority students are not sure if they could continue studying in their respective mother tongue or not.
23 Feb 2019 2:30 AM
Nelson Mandela famously said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his mother tongue, that goes to his heart.” (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Protect India’s many mother tongues

ile most languages are made up of words, in “Kongthong” — a remote, hilly Khasi village in Meghalaya — people communicate through whistling.
10 Jan 2019 8:03 AM
96.71 per cent population in the country however, have one of the 22 scheduled languages as their mother tongue. (Representational image)

Over 19,500 languages spoken in India as mother tongue: Census

There are 121 languages which are spoken by 10,000 or more people in India, which has a population of 121 crore, it said.
01 Jul 2018 4:54 PM
Venkaiah Naidu said if mother tongue is eyes, languages are pairs of spectacles. Spectacles are worn over eyes, but in the absence of eyes, there is no sight. (Photo: File)

All courses should be taught in Indian languages, says Venkaiah Naidu

If teaching and learning in Indian languages is not promoted, future generations won't be able to speak their mother tongues, Naidu said.
17 May 2018 8:22 AM
The recommendation was based on the opinion of educational experts that children learn more in their mother tongue at a young age.

New education policy to focus on mother tongue

Recommendation based on opinion of experts that children learn better in their mother tongue.
25 Apr 2018 2:58 AM
Kunwar Narain engaged with life with a passion that allowed him to tame it with his poetry. (Photo courtesy: Youtube)

Thinking allowed: If we neglect our mother tongue cultures, we’ll weaken ourselves

While the Hindi press widely lamented Kunwar Narain’s passing, the English press was almost silent.
30 Nov 2017 3:16 AM
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Impossible for India to progress without Hindi: Venkaiah Naidu

Naidu said it is unfortunate that everyone is bent upon learning English because it guarantees employment.
24 Jun 2017 1:04 PM
The First Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice R Mahadevan granted exemption considering a batch of PILs from linguistic minority institutions. (Representational image)

HC exempts non-Tamil students from writing Tamil language exam

The matter relates to a government rule making it compulsory for class X students to write Tamil examination.
27 Feb 2017 9:00 PM
Information and Broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu. (Photo: PTI)

Venkaiah Naidu stresses promotion of mother tongue

Children should be encouraged to speak in mother tongue more than English, the minister said.
08 Nov 2016 3:29 PM
The Modi-led goverment is trying to push for the promotion of Hindi language in schools across India. (Photo: PTI)

Centre for making mother tongue medium of instruction in schools

All state governments should work towards making it mandatory to have mother tongue up to at least high school, said Venkaiah Naidu.
21 Apr 2016 5:55 PM

Tongue & chic

On International Mother Language Day, we find out why it is not enough to just speak one’s mother tongue fluently
21 Feb 2015 3:55 AM

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T K Sandeep is a photographer whose work consists of moody video poems and photo poems. One of his recent projects was a calendar in which he got hijras and transgenders in Kerala to tell him their dream professions, and then he photographed them dressed as those professionals.

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