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  • An English professor writes: Why Hindi is to blame for the decline of India’s other languages

    An English professor writes: Why Hindi is to blame for the decline of India’s other languages

    Suraj Gunwant
    · Mar 25, 2026 · 07:30 pm
  • When Sanskrit and Malayalam came together: Manipravalam resists the exorcism of influence

    When Sanskrit and Malayalam came together: Manipravalam resists the exorcism of influence

    Nirupama Menon Rao
    · Jan 29, 2026 · 11:30 am
  • A reader compiled a list of 108 Indian language books translated into English and published in 2025

    A reader compiled a list of 108 Indian language books translated into English and published in 2025

    Chittajit Mitra
    · Dec 31, 2025 · 01:30 pm
  • A reader compiled a list of 103 Indian language books translated into English and published in 2024

    A reader compiled a list of 103 Indian language books translated into English and published in 2024

    Chittajit Mitra
    · Dec 31, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • Touching the untouched: Sundar Sarukkai on translation and language

    Touching the untouched: Sundar Sarukkai on translation and language

    Sundar Sarukkai
    · Sep 14, 2024 · 08:30 am
  • Why is India obsessed with English-medium education – when it goes against scientific consensus?

    Why is India obsessed with English-medium education – when it goes against scientific consensus?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Aug 06, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • No Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan? Implemented fully, BJP’s Hindutva renaming will wipe out a lot of India

    No Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan? Implemented fully, BJP’s Hindutva renaming will wipe out a lot of India

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Nov 20, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • The ‘English tax’ is stopping India’s startups from reaching their ‘next billion users’

    The ‘English tax’ is stopping India’s startups from reaching their ‘next billion users’

    Sajith Pai
    · Jun 20, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • Podcast: Several Indian languages face the risk of dying. Here's what we stand to lose

    Podcast: Several Indian languages face the risk of dying. Here's what we stand to lose

    Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian
    · Jul 28, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • RSS wants schools in metros to run for 12 hours so students have extra time to learn Sanskrit

    RSS wants schools in metros to run for 12 hours so students have extra time to learn Sanskrit

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    · Jan 25, 2016 · 12:20 pm