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Karthik Venkatesh

Pandemic. Quarantine. Vaccine. What are the origins of the normalised vocabulary under Covid-19?

An etymological journey into the past.

Karthik Venkatesh
· Jul 26, 2020 · 12:30 pm
Will ‘coronavirus’ enter the vocabulary of Indian languages, as ‘plague’ did over 100 years ago?

How have the various languages in the country developed and accommodated words to name new epidemics?

Karthik Venkatesh
· Jun 26, 2020 · 08:30 am
Literary friendships that lead to better books (but also ferocious fights)

When authors befriend one another, there can be love and there can be hate.

Karthik Venkatesh
· Sep 18, 2016 · 05:30 pm