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Why India’s language and history wars miss the real crisis

We can’t change history, but we can shape the future — India must choose what matters more

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Swati Chaturvedi, Special to Gulf News
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In the age of AI, should we be overhauling our curriculum, preparing kids for the new digital world — or feeding them stale, rehashed history?
In the age of AI, should we be overhauling our curriculum, preparing kids for the new digital world — or feeding them stale, rehashed history?
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Can you change history by rewriting it? Or force people to stop studying English — the global lingua franca — which you are currently using to read this column?

Can you teach people a third language by using force, and use violence to impose regional language diktats?

Swati Chaturvedi
Swati ChaturvediSpecial to Gulf News
Swati Chaturvedi is an award-winning journalist and author of ‘I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army’.
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