For over 2000 years, South Indian languages like Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam have been the pillars of administration, governance, and literature. Long before 1947, our languages ruled kingdoms, shaped civilizations, and thrived as official languages.
Yet today, we are being forced to accept Hindi dominance, while our languages are sidelined. Why? Because many North Indian languages like Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Braj Bhasha have been sacrificed for Hindi due to economic dependence on Delhi. Since North Indian states rely heavily on Union government jobs, schemes, and policies, their native languages have been pushed into home use, while Hindi was given official status.
But South India is not North India. We are not dependent on Delhi, Delhi is dependent on our tax money, we are the backbone of this country’s economy! We contribute the most in taxes, generate the most revenue, and sustain the nation. Indian Union is running only because of our tax money. Yet, instead of respect, we are repaid with discrimination, stepmotherly treatment, and Hindi imposition.
We did not join this Union to become second-class citizens. We run this Union, and we will not let our languages/identity be downgraded.
Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and all South Indian languages must be given equal official status as Hindi langauge. No more second-grade treatment. This is our land, our language, our right.
#StopHindiImposition #MakingMyLanguageOfficial
Nobody has anything against Hindi or any other language. The problem is only that Hindi is the language that is used by the North India Company to kill other languages not English. You are just creating a effing false narrative.
Hindi as a third language in Kerala doesn’t bring any value-addition. Anyway people are picking it up through tv/films and ‘Bengalis’. Kerala govt should seriously consider giving Hindi’s way to German, Italian or French, considering employability and huge demand for them. #NEP
Disappointed to read this from a senior leader like you @mkstalin
I am with you and people of TN in opposing the partisan Governor, withholding of central grants and imposition of any language policy.
But opposition to central govt must not become opposition to Hindi.
This statement is poor in taste, as it attacks a language, not just its jealous advocates. It’s weak on facts: all modern Indian languages have been ‘standardised’ by subsuming several neighbouring languages, relegating them to the level of dialects. Arguing for recognition of all these languages is right, but blaming only Hindi for ‘swallowing’ other languages is wrong.
And it’s poor politics — very few speakers of these “sub-languages” of Hindi are going to love you for this statement. Hindi vs Tamil is not the real battle; bhashas (including Tamil and Hindi) vs the hegemony of English is the real linguistic apartheid in India.
You are an inheritor of a great and one of the oldest languages, much older than Hindi. Hoping for a finer linguistic sensitivity and sensibility from you.
Twitter, once a space for dialogue and meaningful discussion, has degenerated into X—a platform where hate and division thrive. Leaving might not mean much, but it’s the least one can do. I’ll be on Threads (for now), though no platform is without flaws. #GoodbyeX
While backlash against privilege loss can temporarily bring people together, history consistently shows that unity based on resentment is fragile and ultimately unsustainable. Movements for justice have always been more resilient, as they appeal more broadly to fairness & dignity
While it may feel true in the aftermath of an election result like this one, the notion that misogyny unites more than feminism ever overlooks the arc of social progress and the complex journey societies take toward true equality.
5/ The fight for SB403 and for caste-oppressed people continues—including those like Kamala, who was supposed to represent this cause, even if she never truly embraced it. Caste discrimination has no place in California—or anywhere. #EndCasteism#StandForJustice
4/ This betrayal underscores how casteism and discrimination persist within diaspora communities, even shaping U.S. politics. Newsom’s choice to veto SB403 ultimately served those committed to exclusion and hierarchy. #CasteDiscrimination
Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express Derail Near Howrah, while it was hurrying up to reach Howrah.
Don't tag @AshwiniVaishnaw and disturb him during the weekend for such silly matters.
@DanielMiessler Good one!
LLMs aren't just next-token predictors—they're text file representations of reality.
Q-So, when a model is inferencing it is using the world model it has in the context. Would adding a layer of heuristics to that make it more human like or “emotional ”?
Interesting take on AI and Human cognition by Daniel Miessler. I had this thought earlier “ when we speak a sentence in casual conversation, the words literally stream out of us—and we have no idea where they’re coming from. We don’t know why one word……”https://t.co/xIuzONkxsA
She is talking equality about the same guy in the picture that is wearing the symbol of generational oppression.
When you are asking people to vote against oppression atleast don’t talk about endorsing generational oppression.
As a young girl visiting my grandparents in India, my grandfather took me on his morning walks, where he would discuss the importance of fighting for equality and fighting corruption. He was a retired civil servant who had been part of the movement to win India’s independence.
My grandmother traveled across India—bullhorn in hand—to speak with women about accessing birth control.
Their commitment to public service and fight for a better future live on in me today.
Happy National Grandparents Day to all the grandparents who help shape and inspire the next generation.
Is this your grandparent wearing janeu? Isn't it similar to a KKK robe?
How could he fight for equality wearing a Supremacist, oppressive, patriarchal symbol ( Janeu) thread?