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Karthik Venkatesh

Hinglish is older than you think. The earliest instance of its use dates back to 1827

An excerpt from ‘10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be’, by Karthik Venkatesh.

Karthik Venkatesh
· Feb 20, 2024 · 01:30 pm
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