Watch viral video: Vietnamese man’s perfect Gujarati reply leaves Indian tourists completely stunnedA Vietnamese man has captivated social media with his fluent Hindi and Gujarati. He surprised Indian tourists by conversing in their langua...
Bengaluru doctors’ secret superpower? Many can speak 4-5 languages, claims leading cardiologistA social media post by Doctor Deepak Krishnamurthy, a Bengaluru cardiologist, has resurfaced. The post discusses language and identity. It ...
Breaking Barriers: Saudi Arabia’s 1st Miss Universe contestant Rumy Alqahtani is a certified dentist!Rumy Alqahtani is the first Saudi Arabian woman to participate in the coveted Miss Universe beauty pageant. Based in Riyadh, Alqahtani is a...
In 'Land of seven languages', BJP fields polyglot woman candidateAshwini ML, a 38-year-old teacher from Kerala's northernmost Lok Sabha constituency, is seeking votes from people in multiple languages in ...
'Will miss you, Lalita Pachi.’ Aamir Khan mourns ‘Taare Zameen Par’ co-star Lalitha LajmiThe artist made a guest appearance in the 2007 hit film.
Multilingual means better learning toolsIt is essential that children learn not just words but comprehend their meanings. There is no point children drawing a house with thatched ...
One man, many languages: This journalist reports Russia-Ukraine crisis in 6 different languages, video goes viralPhilip Crowther from Associated Press has stunned the world with his reporting in multiple languages.
Nursing Malayalam is not verbotenNurses in a hospital were briefly barred from speaking in Malayalam. Chavaru!
India can talk the talk in two bolisMasters of doublespeak, our poll-bound politicians could inspire multilingualism
Become a polyglot to survive a world with fewer jobsAccording a study by City & Guilds Group, 91 percent Indians feel threatened that their skills will become obsolete in the next five years.
If fungi are talking to bacterium, do we smell a new medium of communication?So much so that a group of scientists avers that the most spoken language in the world is terpene —which it is not a tongue at all but a so...
E-book on PM Modi's website says listen to PM’s hindi speeches to hear his ‘heart’s voiceWhen Narendra Modi speaks in Hindi, we are able to listen to his heart’s voice. So says an e-book posted on the Prime Minister’s personal w...
Questions of culture and of perception that people ask of Google tell a storyThe most frequently asked questions on this country remain disarmingly harmless in contrast: why Indians wear turbans and shake their heads.
10 tried-and-tested ways to become bilingual or even a polyglotKnowing another language is a valuable skill — one that could boost your salary and your brain.
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