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Ep 232: Understanding India Through Its Languages

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Importance of Reading Books About Language

i think the biggest pushback is actually coming from our artists and writers i think of hussain heydris poyam, Hindu sani mousalma waran grover kagaznahi likaingay where they're using language in a beautiful relatable way to express dissent. that's fascinating the notion that we might be heading towards the kind of punctuated equally brea where everything just sort of changes but who knows what will happen next? I would hope it changes for the better as you know looking at a politics i tend to be more pessimistic than optimistic but when you think of language  there is hope in art and there is hope in common people so

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