“Those who speak English will soon feel ashamed,” Home Minister Amit Shah said last month, igniting a heated debate about national identity and social mobility in the polyglot nation of 1.4 billion.
Do India’s 1.3 billion people need English? Not according to Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. At an event last week in New Delhi to mark “Hindi day,” Mr. Naidu called English “a disease left behind by ...
India is actively pursuing a decolonisation agenda, moving beyond English's historical dominance. This initiative, championed by PM Modi, aims to revive indigenous knowledge systems and promote ...