I think it’s no coincidence that my first column this year centres on language, what it means to a society and the ...

Indian Gen Z can’t read their mother tongues—and parents are proud. How English prestige, class anxiety, and hierarchy hollowed out culture. Read on.

My name always arrived before I did, and it arrived carrying questions, which, over time, began to feel like small border ...

From brain development to accents, aptitude, and motivation, the real science behind language learning challenges the idea ...

Discover how mother tongue reading clubs in Singapore are fostering bilingualism and strengthening ties to local culture ...

Professor G.N. Devy argues that linguistic and cultural markers are essential for accurate caste enumeration in the upcoming ...

Cambodia officially introduced the Jarai language into its multilingual education programme on January 27, marking a historic ...

Vijayan, in a reply to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the decision to make Malayalam the compulsory first ...

Karnataka's concerns over Malayalam as the first language in schools are unfounded, asserts Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

What Kerala sees as an assertion of its linguistic identity, Karnataka sees as a move that could marginalise Kannada-speaking ...

Jhumpa Lahiri is not at home, but she is not out of place either. The eldest daughter of a generation of Indians and Bengalis ...

From the air, Accra unfurls as a restless sprawl of concrete, coastline and colour. Glass-fronted banks and diplomatic missions sit just minutes from canoe-lined beaches, where fishing nets dry under ...