India loves the idea of the classroom as a leveller. Yet equality frays at the chalkboard, often at the language of instruction. Overcrowded rooms, rigid syllabi and English-first materials have long ...

This article is authored by Shailaja Menon, language and literacy expert, Tata Trusts.

CBSE will enforce a three-language structure from 2026-27, making two Indian languages compulsory in Class 6 across all schools. States retain flexibility, but debates over Hindi, Tamil Nadu’s ...

There are more than 7,000 languages spoken around the world, each with its own character. Tamil is the oldest living language ...

Bhashini — an acronym for BHASha INterface for India — operates under the National Language Translation Mission (NLTM), spearheaded by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) ...

India is home to great writing systems such as the Brāhmī and the Kharosthī that date back centuries. It’s also a land where languages such as Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada have etched an oral history ...

India’s language policy debate — reignited by the National Education Policy’s implementation — reveals deeper tensions between the country’s state and central governments, with southern states ...

Last week, Diggi, who now runs a small IT services startup called Ipil Innovation, launched a new version with more than ...