Aayush Agarwal

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Aayush Agarwal

Aayush Agarwal is with Centre for Social and Behavioural Change, Ashoka University, New Delhi.

India's Linguistic Diversity

The Indian census' classificatory practices obscures the full extent of language diversity in the country. Including what the census calls "mother tongues" presents a fuller picture.

▶05-Aug-2021

Shivakumar Jolad, Aayush Agarwal

The Pedagogical Problems of the Census

The policy in the census of ‘rationalising’ languages has a debilitating impact on the speakers of unrecognised languages; they are condemned not to access education in their own languages.

▶07-Jul-2020

Aayush Agarwal, Shivakumar Jolad

Aayush Agarwal

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India's Linguistic Diversity

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