Centre vs TN over language policy, media censorship | South Central Ep 15
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#vikatan #hindiimposition #tamilnadu Celebrate TNM's 11th birthday: https://pages.razorpay.com/tnm-11th In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath are joined by TNM’s executive editor Sudipto Mondal and senior journalist K Venkataramanan to discuss the union government withholding education funds from Tamil Nadu over the three-language policy and what it signals about its control over states. They also dive into the growing crackdown on media after Vikatan’s website was blocked. On the three-language policy, Pooja says, "If we are for a minute assuming that this is out of some special love for Hindi, I think we are sorely mistaken. Hindi is a cover for Hindutva. Hindutva is a cover for power.” On Tamil Nadu’s refusal to implement the policy, Venkataramanan says, “If Hindi is entrenched as the third language throughout the country, recruitment could be limited to Hindi-speaking or Hindi-knowing people. These consequences may follow in the long run.” Sudipto points out the broader cultural push, “CBSE schools have become a smokescreen – not just for Hindi imposition, but for the Hindutva agenda as well. The person who heads the private CBSE school association in Tamil Nadu is a bona fide BJP-RSS member.” As the conversation shifts to censorship and the abrupt blocking of Vikatan’s website, Dhanya says, “This is a huge media organisation. Vikatan turns 100 next year. Tomorrow, it could be The Hindu, where KV works. But the protests are so minimal, even for such a large organisation. So what happens when the government suddenly shuts down whoever they want to?” On Vikatan’s cartoon, Venkataramanan adds, “This cartoon is a very familiar form of political satire. I have seen prime ministers and chief ministers being depicted in far worse light than this. This was so obvious that it’s surprising they took offence to it.” Leena says, "Satirical political cartoons do what long-form reporting never can – they prick the propaganda balloon. That’s why governments fear them.” All this and more. Tune in. Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://www.newslaundry.com/subscription?ref=social Join the #FightToBreathe: https://rzp.io/rzp/T4Ob0FCb Contribute to our Sena project: https://www.newslaundry.com/nl-sena/the-hindu-rashtra-project Download the accessible Newslaundry app: https://www.newslaundry.com/download-app Join us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va61PEo0QeacOqU9vr2k 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:27 TNM’s 11th Birthday 00:04:34 Headlines 00:09:07 Union government vs TN 00:38:23 Rohith Act 00:44:21 Vikatan, BeerBiceps & Digital Censorship 01:04:30 Recommendations Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry
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