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It would be interesting to see how English and a modern outlook, which does not require English, cope in the age of the National Education Policy and the Ram Temple. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up
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The Ram temple will be a symbol of cultural nationalism in the country, which has been engulfed by an English mindset for long
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