Assamese directors are making films in dialects which have had negligible cinematic representation so far
3 min read6 Apr 2018A wealth of linguistic richness exists outside what are called the official languages of India
6 min read28 Oct 2017Why a certain variant of the language came to be regarded as the 'standard' and why its variants were demoted to 'dialect' status is a product of history and politics
6 min read16 Sep 2017Long considered a Punjabi dialect, Seraiki is mostly forgotten in India, while in Pakistan, a thirst for an identity that Partition altered has revived interest in it
6 min read24 Jun 2017John Borthwick Gilchrist, part of the East India company's medical corps in Calcutta, translated Aesop's Fables into Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit and Bengali
4 min read13 Jun 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared