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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: Language

The real reason Amit Shah wants to know your mother tongue

In the absence of a proper data protection law, the NPR is an excessive centralisation of personal data waiting to be politically misused.

Talk of Hindi dominance a joke. English/non-English divide is the real apartheid in India

In his Hindi Diwas speech, Amit Shah claimed Indians were the only ones who defeated English language and Anglicisation.

‘Like’ isn’t lazy language – grammar snobs need to, like, pipe down

Seeking to protect English grammar from like is misguided for one crucial reason: like has a grammar, too.

We just taught bees a simple number language – and they got it

This shows us that while no non-human species appear to have developed number symbols, it is not because they lack brain capacity.

Draft National Education Policy was not Hindi-chauvinist & Modi govt shouldn’t have caved in

Far from a conspiracy to impose Hindi, the draft national education policy is actually a step forward in policy thinking on language and education.

People with depression use language differently – here’s how to spot it

Scientists have long tried to pin down the exact relationship between depression and language, and technology is helping us get closer to a full picture.

Waqt, chaawal and Bollywood — the deep relationship between Indians and Arabs

Contact between nations is not only wrapped in history books, but celebrated every moment by people through words and expressions.

Is the English language too powerful?

A systematic data-driven analysis showed that English is most powerful. It is the world’s lingua franca.

When did humans first learn to count?

All computation and algebra that we know today, had developed over time in India and gradually transmitted to the Western world by Islamic scholars. 

Parayan, poramboku and devadasi: The dark casteist history of these common words

Does the cleansing of language and old text amount to a dangerous process of whitewashing our ugly past?

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.