February 02, 2016 2:03 am
The Padma Shri winner and literary activist explains the writers’ movement he is trying to project as a bridge between societies
December 25, 2015 10:22 pm
Imposition of homogeneity on diversity threat to society, says author who has returned Sahitya Akademi award
October 16, 2015 3:52 am
Devy did not term the visit as an act of intimidation on part of the state, but said, “It was to let me know I don’t live on an island.”
October 12, 2015 7:39 pm
There is no breathing space and no freedom of expression for literary writers, said Anil Joshi.
October 12, 2015 5:21 am
Devy said he was “dismayed” by the silence of the Akademi on the recent killing of Kannada scholar M M Kalburgi and “all that is happening to free expression in our country”.
September 08, 2015 2:28 am
Among his audience were hundred-odd full-time members of Bhasha who assembled under the same tree to share their collective responsibility for the organisation that could guide.
September 06, 2013 3:22 am
India spoke a whopping 780 languages and that 200 languages had vanished in the last 50 years.
July 28, 2012 5:13 am
With the state government introducing a new syllabus for English in Classes V-VIII in its schools that puts more stress on communicative English than on writing and grammar,experts have given a split verdict.
January 10, 2012 4:18 am
A day after the two-day Bhasha Vasudha international meet on languages of the world ended,language experts and activists on Monday decided to hold another such event in 2013 to showcase experiments in mapping and conservation of languages in different countries.
January 10, 2012 2:54 am
900 delegates from across the world come together to fight for their native tongues