#two-language policy

Two highways engineers suspended as TVK government acts on Hindi words in Sathankulam signboard

The Tamil Nadu government has suspended two engineers of the Highways Department after destination names appeared in Hindi on a new signboard on a state highway near Sathankulam, violating the state's Tamil-and-English-only language policy. Departmental action has been initiated against both.

2 October 2026 · 1 min read

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy statue; Tamil Nadu's two-language policy is the Dravidian movement's civilisational inheritance

Opinion

The signboard is never just a signboard: Tamil Nadu's language vigilance is the Dravidian dividend

From the 1965 anti-Hindi agitation to this week's Hindi boards in Thoothukudi, every 'mistake' that needs opposition outrage to fix is a test balloon. A government that runs on reels cannot be trusted with a language built on struggle.

2 October 2026 · 2 min read