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  • The language curse: How proud community names have been reduced to insults in Pakistan

    The language curse: How proud community names have been reduced to insults in Pakistan

    Haroon Khalid
    · Oct 02, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • The Indian challenge is to march on for peace amid the rising drumbeat of war

    The Indian challenge is to march on for peace amid the rising drumbeat of war

    Shiv Visvanathan
    · Sep 21, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Imposing an arbitrary national language would only divide Pakistan further

    Imposing an arbitrary national language would only divide Pakistan further

    Arthur Dudney, The Conversation
    · Sep 14, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • How Hindi evolved as the language of rebellion against classicists and casteists

    How Hindi evolved as the language of rebellion against classicists and casteists

    Mrinal Pande
    · Aug 22, 2016 · 05:30 pm
  • Podcast: Two scholars, a century apart, record India's rich linguistic diversity

    Podcast: Two scholars, a century apart, record India's rich linguistic diversity

    Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian
    · Jul 15, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • If the name 'Bombay' was erased for being a relic of colonial rule, why do we still use 'India'?

    If the name 'Bombay' was erased for being a relic of colonial rule, why do we still use 'India'?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jun 24, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • BJP, RSS spar over English-medium schools in Goa. But is this just an act ahead of the 2017 polls?

    BJP, RSS spar over English-medium schools in Goa. But is this just an act ahead of the 2017 polls?

    Pamela D’Mello
    · Jun 23, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • How common Malayalam slang words evolved from foreign languages

    How common Malayalam slang words evolved from foreign languages

    Anoop Sankar
    · Jun 05, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • The death of Urdu in India is greatly exaggerated – the language is actually thriving

    The death of Urdu in India is greatly exaggerated – the language is actually thriving

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jun 01, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • From donkey votes to dog whistles, our election language has a long and political history

    From donkey votes to dog whistles, our election language has a long and political history

    Kate Burridge and Howard Manns, The Conversation
    · May 17, 2016 · 04:30 am
  • How to invent a Tolkien-style language

    How to invent a Tolkien-style language

    Dimitra Fimi, The Conversation
    · Apr 12, 2016 · 03:30 pm
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