The Centre would be stronger if it had to do fewer things, and the states even stronger by doing more in some areas and shedding powers in ...

Perhaps the Bharat Ratna should ideally not go to politicians but instead honour eminent citizens like corporate philanthropist Azim Premji...

Not only does it sound far too sophisticated to evoke the correct mix of amusement and outrage, it is also excessively lengthy.

How did Mumbai become a back-bencher in higher education? The answer can be found in the title of a book Mumbai De-Intellectualised authore...

Turning woofs into words would certainly revolutionise the human-dog relationship; maybe humans can then finally bark back to their pets to...

Seeking to mock the party for using Hindi selectively, the caricature had in the backdrop a poster put up by DMK during an election in chas...

"Kalaignar (Karunanidhi) has criticised the Central government with the aim of once again doing politics in the name of language," BJP stat...

Referring to media reports that the HRD Ministry was toying with the idea of setting up a board for Vedic education (Ved Vidya).

Smriti Irani acknowledges that India's three-language formula leaves the choice of a third language to each state, so Sanskrit cannot be im...

Opposition to English examination for civil services seems to have revived sentiment that an invisible hand is back, imposing Hindi.

The act privileged a view of nationalism as a monochrome expression of unvarying and uniform loyalty from all sections regardless of their ...

There has been no move to counter France’s ongoing war on words that are avowedly English by provenance but international by usage.

Strongly supporting migration within the country, Ramesh said politics of regionalism is the "biggest barrier" to the process helping the n...

Considering the first words the new French PM addressed to Angela Merkel, there is no doubt that English is the language of international p...

Lilacharitra is post-Prakrit Marathi's very first book. It is a biography of the Gujarat-born saint, Sri Chakradharswami, compiled by Mahim...

Centre must appoint a second States' reorganisation commission forthwith.

When was the last time you made fun of someone’s accent or background? Remember the movie Padosan and the absolutely priceless antics of ai...