Importance of Language for Social Cohesion

Photo courtesy of Just Travel During the recent cyclone Ditwah disaster, we saw in real time how language discrimination against the Tamil speaking population was taking place. This was not only on social media but even official government websites failed to communicate critical weather and evacuation alerts in the Tamil language. While the discrimination against the Tamil people in state institutions is established time and again, its failure to reach a significant proportion of the population during an unprecedented disaster that affected the whole country is inexcusable. It is more disappointing at a time when the country expects more from…

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