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 ...

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 ...

Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language, is experiencing a revival through government initiatives and organizations like ...

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 ...

These new changes align with the recommendations under the NEP 2020, which places a strong emphasis on multilingual learning from an early age ...

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