Is India Being Sold Off In Plain Sight? - G N Devy

Описание: Professor G. N. Devy is a literary critic, cultural activist and former professor of English, best known for initiating the People’s Linguistic Survey of India and building institutions like the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre and the Adivasi Academy.

When a state starts redefining who counts as a citizen, language and identity stop being “culture” and become power. In this conversation, Prof. Devy explains why India’s most Indian language is multilingualism, why “one nation, one language” is historically illiterate, and why attaching religion to nationhood bends the first brick of democracy.

Expect to learn why the Constitution’s idea of citizenship clashes with majoritarian identity projects, how Sanskrit, Persian and English changed India and what each gave and took away, why court language stays inaccessible and what that does to justice, how writing turns philosophy into religion, why Hindi is not the “natural” heir to Sanskrit in the way people claim, how Bollywood accidentally built a more equal idea of nationhood, why exclusion politics needs manufactured “outsiders,” and why diversity is India’s built-in defense against authoritarian uniformity, and much more.

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🕰️CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - Prof. G.N. Devy x Kintu Parantu
00:02:56 - Language Question Kicks Off
00:07:29 - One Nation One Language Myth
00:11:39 - Hindi Push Is Vote Politics
00:14:29 - Courts And States Need English
00:17:49 - English As Global Indian Asset
00:21:34 - Sanskrit Origins And Indigeneity
00:24:54 - Savarkar's Citizenship Mirrors Fascism
00:29:01 - Constitution, Ambedkar, Diversity Foundation
00:33:46 - Writing Turns Philosophy Into Religion
00:37:30 - Buddhism, Jainism, Religion Formation
00:40:12 - Sikhism And Scripture Power
00:45:13 - Sanskrit Descendants, Hindi, And Adivasi
00:50:16 - Latin Warning, Cinema Unites
00:55:12 - Scripts, Borders, Language Domination
00:59:30 - Bollywood Unity Was Nation-Building
01:02:42 - SIR, Exclusion, Citizenship Crisis
01:07:33 - How Democracies Recover From Fear
01:10:48 - Jobs, Science, Economy In Freefall
01:13:48 - Why Religious Nations Become Crooked
01:17:28 - Fascism Playbook And Rigged Elections
01:20:33 - Nonviolent Resistance, Leaderless Fight
01:23:14 - Citizens Under Siege Contract
01:26:22 - Diversity Defeats Totalitarian Uniformity
01:28:08 - Final Faith In Constitution
01:28:17 - End


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