ESSAYLINGUISTIC NATIONALISM & CULTURAL IDENTITY
When Decolonising a Culture Means Purifying It
Published to mark Hindi Diwas on September 14, 2026, the essay revisits the colonial-era Hindi-Urdu split and the Sanskritisation drive led by institutions like the Nagari Pracharini Sabha and the journal Saraswati, using this history to make a broader argument about what cultural decolonisation actually requires.
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