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A fight over figures: the constitutional debate over numerals

A forgotten but fiery debate in the Constituent Assembly once pitted cultural pride against pragmatic modernity over something as simple as numerals. This controversy reminds us how even digits became symbols of identity and plurality

22 Jan 2026 8:30 am