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Politics of language loom large in India

Time is running out for India's English-speaking minority amid Hindi-based mass culture

PALLAVI AIYAR
March 16, 2022 11:00 JST

India is among the world's most linguistically liberal states. It has 22 official languages and almost as many mother tongues as gods. According to the 2011 census 19,500 distinct tongues are spoken.

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