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Kerala government tables Malayalam Language Bill in Assembly
The Bill seeks to render Malayalam as Kerala’s sole official language | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government tabled the Malayalam Language Bill (2025) in the Kerala Assembly on Monday. Law Minister P. Rajeeve stated that the Bill aims to enshrine the Malayalam language at the heart of official communications in … Read more
CM takes a dig at Amit Shah for language comment
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has appeared to take an oblique dig at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s purported comment that those who speak English in India would soon feel ashamed. Speaking at a book release function at the Legislative Assembly Complex here on Tuesday, Mr. Vijayan said persons holding high public office were attempting to … Read more
The modern short story in a regional language and the function of translations
In 2022, Hindi writer Geetanjali Shree’s novel Tomb of Sand won the International Booker Prize. And last week, Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated from the original Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, won the prestigious prize. It is the first short story collection to do so. Recently, there have been several conversations about the modern short story tradition in a regional … Read more
Calcutta University scholars travel to Sundarbans village to save language
Calcutta University scholars interacting with Sadri community | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A group of scholars from the University of Calcutta recently visited a village in the Sundarbans in a bid to save a language that is on the verge of extinction. They went to a settlement called Kamarpara in Gosaba subdivision of South 24 … Read more
We need a national policy to resolve issues of language and migration that many States face: Go.Ru. Channabasappa
Senior writer, folklorist and President of the 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana Go.Ru. Channabasappa, popularly called Go.Ru.Cha, interacting with The Hindu in Bengaluru on December 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Senior writer and folklorist Go.Ru. Channabasappa (Go.Ru.Cha), who will preside over the 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana starting in Mandya on … Read more
Maithili language missed out on classical status for lack of proposal from Bihar government
Activists of Maithili Sangharsh Abhiyan demonstrating to protest against the decision of Bihar Government to abolish Maithili Language from Bihar Public Service Commission on March 08, 1992. | Photo Credit: The Hindu archives While five languages were accorded the classical status earlier this month, Maithili, a language for which demands have been raised time and … Read more
Ahead of poll, credit war breaks out in Maharashtra over classical language status to Marathi
The Union Cabinet’s decision on Thursday to grant classical language status to Marathi, a demand pending since 2013, has set off a political credit war in the State ahead of the Assembly election due this year. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X to state that “Marathi is India’s pride” and “this honour acknowledges … Read more
‘Should the language of PM be like this?’: Tejashwi Yadav writes to Modi over his ‘Mujra’ remark on INDIA bloc
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav speaks to the media on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Patna on May 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mujra’ remark on the INDIA bloc, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday wrote a letter to the PM, saying that … Read more