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“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric
By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage
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