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'There is no place for Hindi then, now, and forever in Tamil Nadu': CM Stalin on Language Martyrs Day

The DMK chief hailed the "Language Martyrs" of the state who sacrificed their lives during the anti-Hindi agitation

Oldest languages in human history that are still spoken!

The digital divide no one talks about: Language as the barrier to inclusion

Digital availability is not the same as digital usability, and that is where language becomes the invisible moat

Language war in Maharashtra: Congress up in arms against 'Hindi imposition'

Congress party respects Hindi but coercion of any language is unacceptable, MPCC President Harshawardhan Sapkal said

OPINION | 'Talk Hindi, walk Tamil, laugh English': My three-language formula for harmony  

Vintage numbers from Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar made fans of strangers across the country and did a better job popularising Hindi than the new-fangled New Education Policy

From ‘Hindi theriyathu, poda!’ to chucking ₹ symbol: Understanding Tamil Nadu’s resistance to Hindi

Explainer: Tamil Nadu’s resistance to Hindi imposition is not new—it dates back to before India gained independence from the British

TN doubles down on two-language formula in budget: State to release own funds for school education dept

Tamil Nadu state budget: Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu proposes using state funds for education policies following Centre withholding ₹2,152 crore under Samagra Shiksha scheme

Why Greek survived while Latin and Sanskrit declined

The histories of Latin, Sanskrit and Greek show how languages can develop along divergent paths

Zoho CEO asks non-Kannada speakers in Bengaluru to learn Kannada; netizens hit back on social media

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu triggers online outrage, says Bengaluru residents not learning Kannada is ‘disrespectful’

'Bhartiya Bhasha Anubhag' to facilitate translations between Hindi and other Indian languages

MHA has set aside Rs 56 crore to create the platform

Dictionary.com anoints allyship word of the year for 2021

Allyship first surfaced in the mid-1800s

Researchers develop 'linguistic thermometer' to sketch human innovation

Physics-based tool maps the pace of language development

Meet ‘Inverted Coconut’—American outside, Malayali inside

Language can break many barriers, feels Aparna Mulberry

Cabinet approves Bill to include Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi as official languages in J-K

Urdu and English were the existing official languages

US: Merriam-Webster redefines racism on request of Missouri woman

It's not just disliking someone because of their race, Mitchum wrote on social media

UK scientists link chimpanzee lip-smacking to human speech

People open and shut their mouths between two and seven times a second as they speak

Chidananda Murthy, Kannada scholar who campaigned for preserving Hampi, dies

A stalwart in Kannada research, Murthy has authored more than 25 literary works

OPINION: Indian people’s language―Is it Hindi or Urdu?

Hindi simply does not have the force and elegance that Urdu has, writes Justice Katju

Exploring words with no English equivalent

When words fail you in English, try German, Swedish, Japanese, or Nahuatl

A brief history of anti-Hindi imposition agitations in India

Attempts to impose Hindi can be traced back to pre-independent India

The other side: Does draft education policy favour mother tongues more?

Research studies state primary education in one’s mother tongue is more beneficial

Climate a leading driver of global language diversity

Areas with more productive climates tend to have more languages

Kids absorb 12.5 million bits of information to master a language

Humans absorb about 1.5 megabytes of data to learn their native language

At 70 years, British Council lists 70 words of Indian origin

English has assimilated words from a host of cultures and countries

The English evangelist: One man's mission to transform a panchayat in Kerala

He is on a mission to make Mavoor in Kozhikode 100 per cent English literate