Is India Being Sold Off In Plain Sight? - G N Devy

Professor G. N. Devy is a literary critic, cultural activist and former professor of English, best known for initiating the People’s Linguistic Survey of India and building institutions like the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre and the Adivasi Academy. When a state starts redefining who counts as a citizen, language and identity stop being “culture” and become power. In this conversation, Prof. Devy explains why India’s most Indian language is multilingualism, why “one nation, one language” is historically illiterate, and why attaching religion to nationhood bends the first brick of democracy. Expect to learn why the Constitution’s idea of citizenship clashes with majoritarian identity projects, how Sanskrit, Persian and English changed India and what each gave and took away, why court language stays inaccessible and what that does to justice, how writing turns philosophy into religion, why Hindi is not the “natural” heir to Sanskrit in the way people claim, how Bollywood accidentally built a more equal idea of nationhood, why exclusion politics needs manufactured “outsiders,” and why diversity is India’s built-in defense against authoritarian uniformity, and much more. #IndianConstitution #HindiImposition #FreeSpeechInIndia 🕰️CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - Prof. G.N. Devy x Kintu Parantu 00:02:56 - Language Question Kicks Off 00:07:29 - One Nation One Language Myth 00:11:39 - Hindi Push Is Vote Politics 00:14:29 - Courts And States Need English 00:17:49 - English As Global Indian Asset 00:21:34 - Sanskrit Origins And Indigeneity 00:24:54 - Savarkar's Citizenship Mirrors Fascism 00:29:01 - Constitution, Ambedkar, Diversity Foundation 00:33:46 - Writing Turns Philosophy Into Religion 00:37:30 - Buddhism, Jainism, Religion Formation 00:40:12 - Sikhism And Scripture Power 00:45:13 - Sanskrit Descendants, Hindi, And Adivasi 00:50:16 - Latin Warning, Cinema Unites 00:55:12 - Scripts, Borders, Language Domination 00:59:30 - Bollywood Unity Was Nation-Building 01:02:42 - SIR, Exclusion, Citizenship Crisis 01:07:33 - How Democracies Recover From Fear 01:10:48 - Jobs, Science, Economy In Freefall 01:13:48 - Why Religious Nations Become Crooked 01:17:28 - Fascism Playbook And Rigged Elections 01:20:33 - Nonviolent Resistance, Leaderless Fight 01:23:14 - Citizens Under Siege Contract 01:26:22 - Diversity Defeats Totalitarian Uniformity 01:28:08 - Final Faith In Constitution 01:28:17 - End Instagram: / kintuparantu.sheeba Wanna be a Guest on Kintu Parantu? 🎙️ Email: [email protected] Find Prof G.N. Devy Here: _____________________________________________________________________ © 2026 Sheeba Aslam Fehmi Any illegal reproduction of this content will result in immediate legal action.