Opposition to the National Education Policy in Maharashtra isn’t just about language – it’s a flashpoint in India’s struggle between centralization and cultural pluralism. In recent weeks, the Indian ...

India is home to great writing systems such as the Brāhmī and the Kharosthī that date back centuries. It’s also a land where languages such as Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada have etched an oral history ...

In some Indian languages, the word for “language” is bhasha—the vowels long and warm, as in “car” or “tar.” It has a formal weight and a refined spirit. It comes to us from the classical heights of ...

India's new education policy forces schools to drop foreign languages, sparking debate over global outlook versus national ...

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Second-most Spoken Language in India: Language is the heartbeat of human connection. There are more than 7,100 languages spoken worldwide. Tamil and Sanskrit are among the oldest, while newer ...

Do you know which language is most spoken in South India? It boasts 85 million native speakers and a 2,000-year history.

India’s language policy debate — reignited by the National Education Policy’s implementation — reveals deeper tensions between the country’s state and central governments, with southern states ...

Another year, another survey: the Modern Language Association (MLA) has released its quadrennial language enrollments survey of foreign languages in U.S. higher education. I’m sorry to report that ...

What is the new three-language system? Under the new plan, languages will be taught through a three-language system called R1, R2, and R3. As per the rules, at least two of these three languages must ...