India former cricketer, Ravichandran Ashwin joined the debate around Hindi being a national or an official language. Addressing students at a private engineering college in his hometown, Chennai, ...

Star cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, speaking at a private college event, made headlines with his comments on both his career and the status of Hindi in India. Addressing the students during a ...

A BJP poster issued on World Hindi Day on January 10, 2018, quotes Prime Minister Narendra Modi as saying that “Today, the entire world recognizes the power and might of the Hindi language.” Credit: ...

In some Indian languages, the word for “language” is bhasha—the vowels long and warm, as in “car” or “tar.” It has a formal weight and a refined spirit. It comes to us from the classical heights of ...

For 15 years, Yale University has aimed to disrupt Eurocentric biases at the heart of competitive debate through an intercollegiate debate competition hosted exclusively in the Hindi language. The ...

Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey shared best actor honors at India’s 71st national film awards, while Rani Mukerji was named best actress and “12th Fail” took home the top prize for best feature film ...