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Language and Politics in India
Over a billion people, twenty two scheduled languages and dozens more mother tongues: Chris Ledgard explores the complex and passionate politics of language in India. Part 2 of 2.
More than a billion people, twenty two scheduled languages, and dozens more mother tongues: In the second of two programmes, Chris Ledgard explores the complex and passionate politics of language in India. In Delhi and Jaipur, we visit schools, business and newspaper offices to ask - how do the languages you speak, read and write in India influence your life?
Producer: Chris Ledgard.
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Mon 22 Apr 2013
23:00
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