India, a country which professes an overt celebration of multi-culturalism suffered an indelible blot on its image on 6th December 1992. Ayodhya, a city in western UP, is considered as a pristine abode of The Hindu God Lord Rama. The prominent mention of Ayodhya in the much-venerated text 'Ramayana' provides a testament to its sacrosanctity. This piousness tampered when a mobilized group of 1,50,000-2,00,000 karsevaks (one who offers free service for a religious cause) stormed the Babri Masjid and brought it down in a few minutes. To understand this incident better, delving into historical events becomes of veritable importance. Lores has it that Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India ordered his commander, Mir Baqi to build Babari Masjid in 1528. He ordered its construction to celebrate the conquest of Hindustan and further demolished a temple to architect Babri masjid at that place. The travel blog of Joseph Tiefenthaler between 1743-1785 establishes the fact that Hi...

Introduction Language is an indispensable tool for communication. From communicating thoughts and ideas to building relationships, the role of language is vital. India is a unique country having more than 5000 languages and dialects. In a country linguistically as diverse as ours it's a difficult task to find a common link in the form of language. Whether the idea of 'One Nation One Language' is a good thing or not is a part of debate since independence. These debates and conflicts often centre around the role and need of Hindi as a national unifier since it is the most spoken language in the country and it also has considerable political leverage on its side. On numerous occasions, these conflicts have been manifested in the protests against the alleged imposition of Hindi mostly in southern states and also in states like Bengal and Punjab. Constituent Assembly Debates on National Language: Resolving the language issue was not an easy task in the hands of th...