Ganeshn Devy News Today

IIT-Bombay cancelled professor Ganesh N Devy's lecture last minute, leaving a bitter taste. Devy, a cultural activist, was scheduled to deliver a lect

The expansive compendium of short essays on India by subject-matter experts, whose perspectives are suited to those who like history without a side of rhetoric.

Hindi Diwas 2017: The Indian National Congress in its 1925 Karachi session decided that Hindustani -- the popular, undifferentiated blend of Hindi and Urdu -- should be the lingua franca of the independent nation.

Stating that the people of India are multilingual by nature, Devy said the Vadodara-based Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, founded by him before moving to Dharwad in Karnataka in 2016, was working on establishing the "evident connections of language pan-Asia".

Hindu nationalist groups target Indian-born language after clothing brand’s Diwali advertisement features Urdu words.

Between 1961 and 1971, thousands of languages vanished from Indian census data. One man decided to track them down, before they were lost forever.

Coronavirus: India’s unplanned lockdown unleashed fresh hell for its Adivasis The government’s neglect of livelihood support measures has pushed indigenous communities into a deeper crisis. Dec 20, 2020 · 01:30 pm Adivasis discuss how they feel the insecurity of not having rights over the land where they are staying in Jharkhand. | Sushmita/ The Third Pole The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged lives and livelihoods across the world. As India became the second worst-hit...