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We must use our English words like swords.” That sentence has stayed with me. For so many of us, language wasn’t just communication—it was protection, survival, and a way to be taken seriously in ...

P Chidambaram said the non-Hindi speaking people cannot identify the titles of Bill/Act that are Hindi words written in English letters.