Etymology

Tukde Tukde Gang

Today it means: Leftist mass-media groups and companies that oppose Narendra Modi's administration and Hindutva. Full definition →

Hindi टुकड़े टुकड़े गैंग
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  1. Hindi · derived fromटुकड़ा“fragment”
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromटुकड़े टुकड़े गैंग
  3. English todayTukde Tukde Gang

Borrowed from Hindi टुकड़े टुकड़े गैंग (ṭukṛe ṭukṛe gaiṅg), from Hindi टुकड़ा (ṭukṛā, “fragment”). Coined by the journalist Sudhir Chaudhary, later popularized after an alleged video of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University calling for India to be divided during a protest.

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