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Not a native Hindi speaker, messed up in translation: Aiyar offers a clarification Empty Not a native Hindi speaker, messed up in translation: Aiyar offers a clarification

Post by Guest Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:14 pm

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Thursday apologised for using the word "neech" (low) for Prime Minister Narendra Modi but maintained that he had not referred to him as "low-born". 


"I never meant low-born. There is a difference in English language between words 'low' and ''low-born'. But in Hindi if low means low-born, then I tender apology," he told reporters after his remarks in the morning triggered a political storm. 


https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/not-a-hindi-speaker-messed-up-in-translation-mani-shankar-aiyar-on-neech-remark/articleshow/61964736.cms

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this is a storm in a tea cup. Disappointing to see a Tamilian getting suspended from Congress just because his hindi is not good.

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