FORT HALL, Idaho – One of Michele Hernandez’s earliest memories from 1960s southern Idaho is calling across the playground to a kindergarten classmate. Suddenly, a teacher pulled her inside the ...

In a previous article on the role of English in India, I argued that privileging English over Indian languages hurts Indian education and economic development. While this is the most profound effect ...

This special report features a discussion with panelists Rakesh Sinha, Shruti Kapila, Aditya Mukherjee, and Suraj Yengde on ...

When British traders landed on India’s shores in the 1600s, they arrived in search of spices and silk but stayed for centuries – leaving behind a legacy that would shape the nation long after their ...

English is no longer just a language, it is an infrastructure for participation in work, travel, education, and global ...

Alongside their offensive against Urdu, India’s language nationalists appear to have turned their ire on English. That is what one could conclude from the declaration by Union Home Minister Amit Shah ...

In an interview, Jeyamohan asserts that a true writer must be a humble instrument for their native language, drawing from ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fascination with Hindi as India’s “official” language has irked several non-Hindi speaking states. Even though the idea of a standard national language is not new and ...

Macaulay’s intervention led to a colonial mentality in several sections of India. But because of English language, it also ...