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Monday, March 30, 2026
TopicMother tongue

Topic: mother tongue

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.

SubscriberWrites: What is the language of science?—reflection from multilingual India

In multilingual India, the future of science must be polyphonic—bridging English precision with regional inclusion to democratise discovery and empower every curious mind.

CBSE’s mother tongue circular has stumped school principals. Everyone’s interpreting it differently

The CBSE has given its affiliated schools time till the end of summer break to implement its directive.

UGC to higher education institutes: Let students write exam in mother tongue even if medium is English

By promoting teaching-learning in local language, the UGC aims to achieve its target of enhancing gross enrolment ratio in higher education from 27% to 50% by 2035.

Dear Indians, MTI stigma is just language apartheid. Make English another bhasha

It is easy to laugh at this tragic-comic situation of aspirational Indians trying desperately to forget their mother tongue.

Language mapping, bi-lingual approach — how govt plans to implement teaching in mother tongues

Education ministry releases new document 'SARTHAQ' that provides guidelines on how policy on teaching in mother tongues across the country will be implemented.

44% engineering students want to be taught in mother tongue, Tamil tops list: AICTE survey

Survey of over 83,000 engineering students also finds that students tend to prefer instruction in their mother tongue as they advance in their course. 

IITs, NITs to offer engineering courses in mother tongue, IIT-BHU to begin with Hindi

Education ministry releases statement saying engineering courses in mother tongue will be an option in some colleges, beginning 2021-22 academic session. 

Speak only in Hindi or English — Delhi govt’s ILBS hospital tells its nurses, other staffers

ILBS says advisory was issued after it received complaints from visitors. It has also barred religious activities inside the premises to avoid 'mass gathering'.

On Camera

Trans Amendment Bill echoes Criminal Tribes Act. It wants them to stay in violent families

The one thing that keeps the relentless beauty of trans people alive is their community. But for lawmakers, kinship is ‘deception’, ‘allurement’, and ‘undue influence’.

Blow to West Asia commodities market as Iran hits 2 aluminium makers

Aluminum prices, already rising before the conflict, have gained further as traders and buyers focus on the potential for tighter markets and shrinking global inventories.

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.