Star cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, speaking at a private college event, made headlines with his comments on both his career and the status of Hindi in India. Addressing the students during a ...

India’s language policy debate — reignited by the National Education Policy’s implementation — reveals deeper tensions between the country’s state and central governments, with southern states ...

A BJP poster issued on World Hindi Day on January 10, 2018, quotes Prime Minister Narendra Modi as saying that “Today, the entire world recognizes the power and might of the Hindi language.” Credit: ...

Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary emphasizes language as a connection tool, rejecting Hindi imposition claims and advocating ...

Opposition to the National Education Policy in Maharashtra isn’t just about language – it’s a flashpoint in India’s struggle between centralization and cultural pluralism. In recent weeks, the Indian ...

Bengal governor's assertion of Hindi as the national language reignites long-standing debates on linguistic identity in India, clashing with constitutional provisions and 2010 Gujarat HC ruling.

Ganesh Devy has spent decades documenting India’s hundreds of distinct languages. Up next: a 12,000-year history of India he hopes will help counter the government’s Hindu-first campaign. By Sameer ...

In some Indian languages, the word for “language” is bhasha—the vowels long and warm, as in “car” or “tar.” It has a formal weight and a refined spirit. It comes to us from the classical heights of ...

When India invited delegates attending the G20 summit in September 2023 to dinner with “the President of Bharat,” rather than “the President of India,” it may have looked to the world like a simple ...

Postdoctoral researcher in the School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures and Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, University of Galway India is a home to numerous ancient and ...

“Those who speak English will soon feel ashamed,” Home Minister Amit Shah said last month, igniting a heated debate about national identity and social mobility in the polyglot nation of 1.4 billion.