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What is ConlangCrafter? A new AI tool that can guess how aliens speak

The AI tool has been built by researchers at Tel Aviv University, Carnegie Mellon University, and UC Berkeley.

How tickling gorillas & human children helped scientists study the evolution of language

The research, published in the journal Communications Biology, compared laughter recordings from orangutans, gorillas, bonobos, chimpanzees and human children and found a constant rhythm.

The futility of linguistic chauvinism

Considering one's own language as being superior to someone else’s exposes the narrowness of one’s own mind

Prof Meeta Narain becomes first Indian to be honoured with Helena Roerich International Medal

Prof Narain has over four decades of experience in the study and research of the Russian language.

What’s in a name? What Jhumpa Lahiri taught me about belonging and borrowed tongues

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

I was nervous about speaking my parents’ language Bengali, says Jhumpa Lahiri

For Jhumpa Lahiri, whose life and writing have been shaped by migration between continents and languages, the immigrant condition is now inseparable from a deeply divided political world.

Malayalam Bill 2.0: Kerala revives push for language law, addresses lapses after President denied assent

New bill tabled in assembly to make Malayalam the state's official language & put it at core of governance & education. Previous bill passed in 2015, but returned by President this year.

A rectangular telescope in space? US study says it may be the best bet to find life beyond Earth

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

SubscriberWrites: A tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o—voice of decolonization & African literary renaissance

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s pen defied empire—reclaiming language, memory, and cultural dignity. His legacy is a call to decolonize not just literature, but the mind itself.

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How the 1881 census redefined colonial rule in India

From hidden elders to uncounted infants, colonial enumerators faced widespread public distrust during the first all-India count.

NH toll revenue doubles in five years to over Rs 70,000 crore as number of plazas rises sharply

Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.