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 ...

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States worry that the imposition of Hindi, the main language of northern India, would wipe out their cultural heritage. By Anupreeta Das Reporting from New Delhi In India, the land of more than a ...

Languages are typically taught by first exposing you to reading and writing, but native speakers always start learning languages by hearing and talking. Speak has built a platform to teach languages ...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed the Union government "increasing practice" of using Hindi words, written in English script- in the titles of Bills introduced in Parliament, calling it an ...