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  • Here’s a literary quiz: What’s common to Ladakhi, Kurukh, Halbi and Saurashtra?

    Here’s a literary quiz: What’s common to Ladakhi, Kurukh, Halbi and Saurashtra?

    Devapriya Roy
    · Mar 04, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • Watch: Is the Voynich manuscript the most mysterious book in the world?

    Watch: Is the Voynich manuscript the most mysterious book in the world?

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 04, 2017 · 08:00 pm
  • Biggest BBC World Service expansion in 40 years aims to extend British soft power

    Biggest BBC World Service expansion in 40 years aims to extend British soft power

    Abdullahi Abubakar, The Conversation
    · Nov 25, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • It’s time for the government to stop spreading the lie that Hindi is India’s ‘national language’

    It’s time for the government to stop spreading the lie that Hindi is India’s ‘national language’

    Garga Chatterjee
    · Oct 09, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • Urdu is a homeless language in India. The Vice-President tells us how to change that

    Urdu is a homeless language in India. The Vice-President tells us how to change that

    M Hamid Ansari
    · Sep 21, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • No longer lost for words: How researchers rediscovered the mother of all mother tongues

    No longer lost for words: How researchers rediscovered the mother of all mother tongues

    University of Cambridge
    · Jul 25, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • The literal cleansing of Urdu in India: Can a language be anti-national?

    The literal cleansing of Urdu in India: Can a language be anti-national?

    Indian Cultural Forum
    · May 29, 2016 · 07:30 pm
  • Incredible India: Four lessons from the recently launched tourist helpline

    Incredible India: Four lessons from the recently launched tourist helpline

    Garga Chatterjee
    · Mar 01, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • Why imposing Hindi on all is as bad an idea as insisting that India is a Hindu country

    Why imposing Hindi on all is as bad an idea as insisting that India is a Hindu country

    Garga Chatterjee
    · Feb 21, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Why English language lessons are not the answer to radicalisation in the UK

    Why English language lessons are not the answer to radicalisation in the UK

    Frank Monaghan, The Conversation
    · Jan 25, 2016 · 06:30 am
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