Jammu, May 9 -- Hamza Khan, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Jammu
Dogri, the language spoken in the Duggar region, carries a long history, a lot of old stories and a sense of who people are. When it was added to the Indian Constitution's Eighth Schedule in 2003, it felt like a huge step forward to keep it alive and help it grow. But now, over twenty years later, the fact that there isn't a popular daily newspaper in Dogri tells a bigger story. It's not just about the language getting recognized; it's about money, culture and how people's preferences are changing.
There was a time when people really tried to get Dogri into regular media. Papers like Jammu Prabhat, which was connected to Kashmir Times, tried to get people to read th...