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The many voices of the subcontinent

With 2019 designated as the UN’s year of indigenous languages, we revisit the legacy of the Linguistic Survey of IndiaLinguistic Survey of India was published over a 25-year period (1903-28) and consists of 11 volumes

6 min read17 Mar 2019
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Burushaski, the language that survived

Spoken by a small minority in Kashmir and in Gilgit-Baltistan, Burushaski is a rare and fascinating isolated language In Kashmir, the speakers of Burushaski are said to be the descendants of a tribal king from northern Pakistan

7 min read19 Jan 2019
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G.N. Devy dreams of ‘multilingual territories’ within monolingual states

Figuring out a way of conserving language diversity across India, without having to sacrifice young India's full participation in the excitement of the 'knowledge century', says G.N. Devy of Adivasi Academy and Bhasha Research Centre

8 min read10 Aug 2018
Politics

Nagaland is the most diverse state in India, language-wise

Kerala is the least diverse state as far as languages are concerned, with 97% of the state's residents (in 2011) identifying Malayalam as their mother tongue

2 min read11 Jul 2018
Education

India is the great linguistic bazaar of the world: Sheldon Pollock

Sanskrit scholar Sheldon Pollock says a collaborative effort is needed to make classical languages attractive to the younger generations

9 min read27 May 2018
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Wanderings in the world of Lingua Indica

Besides Indo-Aryan and Dravidian families of languages, which command the brute majority of speakers, there are three more such language families in India

6 min read16 Jul 2017

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The 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

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