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In protecting 'Thug Life', Supreme Court has protected more than entertainment
June 18, 2025 12:20 pm
The right of filmmakers to express their views is constitutional. The right of the audience to disagree is democratic. But the right to suppress is neither constitutional nor democratic
Vanishing voices of the mountains: The struggle to preserve Pahari languages
August 28, 2025 3:15 pm
Spoken by millions in the regions of the Western Himalayas, Pahari languages remain unrecognised in India’s official language policies. As younger generations turn to Hindi and English, community elders and linguists fight to keep local tongues alive.
Not just the South, Hindi imposition threatens all regional languages
March 21, 2025 6:07 pm
Languages seldom thrive when they are forced down the throat of an unwilling speaker. As Indians, we are one people who owe allegiance to and are equal before the Constitution, but in the protection of our cultural and linguistic rights, we are several peoples speaking several languages.
Top 10 most linguistically diverse countries worldwide: Where does India rank?
February 27, 2025 7:47 am
The world's most multilingual countries: Papua New Guinea and Indonesia lead the world in linguistic diversity, with Nigeria, India, and the United States also ranking among the top five nations with the highest number of living languages in 2024.
Knowledge Nugget of the day: Classical languages
October 25, 2024 2:59 pm
As the Union Cabinet extends the "classical language" designation to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. What are classical languages? What makes a language 'classical'? What is the difference between classical and official languages? Take a look.
Which are India’s 5 new ‘classical languages’, what does the tag mean?
October 06, 2024 6:34 pm
Following demands from various states, the UPA-1 government decided to create a category of Indian languages known as “classical languages”, and lay down various criteria for this status.
Government grants 'Classical Language' status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, Bengali; we delve into the significance and implications of this recognition
October 04, 2024 5:48 pm
“Each of them are beautiful languages, highlighting our vibrant diversity,” prime minister Narendra Modi wrote on X.
Women in Translation Month: 5 regional Indian language books to read by women
September 04, 2023 7:07 pm
The goal of Women in Translation Month is to encourage publications to be more receptive to the writings of women authors and translators as well as to increase reading of works by women, transgender, and nonbinary writers from all nations, languages, religions, and classes.
UGC urges universities to allow students to write exams in regional languages even if course is in English medium
April 20, 2023 4:45 pm
The letter also suggested that the university should allow students to write the exams in regional languages even if the subject is taught in English
London Letters: Group lobbies for teaching Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati in UK schools, no rationing of tomatoes in desi superstores
February 25, 2023 8:30 am
The memorandum by Punjabi Bhasha Chetna Board UK urges the government to include Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Nepalese, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Marathi in the school curriculum
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