Udhayanidhi Stalin Sparks Language Row, Calls Sanskrit a “Dead Language”
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has stirred a fresh language debate after calling Sanskrit a “dead language”, criticising the Union government for allocating significantly higher funds to Sanskrit than to Tamil. Speaking at a book launch in Chennai, he claimed the Centre had spent ₹150 crore on Tamil over the past decade, compared with ₹2,400 crore for Sanskrit, arguing that this reflected an “unfair cultural imbalance..