High-profile brawls have erupted recently over Mr Modi’s push for the nationwide adoption of Hindi. Read more at straitstimes ...

Social media was flooded with reactions, ranging from language scholars highlighting the global importance of Tamil and ...

A social media post questioning the value of learning Indian languages like Kannada and Tamil has stirred sharp reactions ...

In India, language is both a thread and a faultline. With over 19,500 spoken dialects and 121 major languages, the idea that one language — be it Hindi or English — can represent all 1.4 billion ...

The post ignited heated debate, with users condemning the elitist stance and insensitive dismissal of regional identity.

CM Naim’s translation of 19th-century reformer Ashrafunnisa Begum’s biography was published in 2021. Naim, a translator and ...

A social media user sparked controversy by claiming learning Indian languages like Kannada and Tamil is pointless, ...

A Montreal college is facing $30 million in fines from the Quebec government for having too many students in its ...

Of the 7,159 living languages in the world that the Ethnologue website now lists, it considers 3,193 to be “endangered,” that is, “It is no longer the norm that children learn and use this language.” ...

According to reports, the Australian government stated that the move is part of a wider strategy to ensure the sustainable ...

A viral post on X, previously Twitter, sparked controversy by devaluing Indian regional languages such as Kannada and Tamil, leading to widespread backlash.

A viral post dismissing Indian regional languages as inferior sparked backlash, with users defending local languages and criticizing language elitism.