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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Dil Neiyyar

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22/03/2018

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Is it important to speak your mother tongue?

With one Indian university trying to make sure young people know how to speak their mother tongue, Nomia asks whether it is important is to do so.

Is it important to speak your mother tongue? There was a meeting at an Indian university recently on how to make sure young people know how to speak their mother tongue. Also in the show, we are joined by the cast of Rangroot, a Punjabi film looking at the role Indians played during World War 1. Plus, We are joined by mum, Nisha Soni, who appeared in a viral video with 50 mothers performing their own version of carpool karaoke with their children who have Downs Syndrome.

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