Mind your language: Why the south loves to hate on Hindi

Big Story: We’re looking at the long-winded debate about whether Hindi should be the national language and why the south is so against it.

Press Decode ep on South Indian films: https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/show/press-decode-udzw-RNePZBI15p0bis1T/episode/the-great-south-indian-rising-why-bollywood-is-very-afraid-cnb1-I5mP44qLfDWu9aJb?startTime=0

Part 1: https://splainer.in/posts/2022/Indian-House-of-Babel

Part 2: https://splainer.in/posts/2022/Mind-Your-Language-

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