Speaking at a session titled ‘Hindi and Urdu: Siamese Twins’ in Delhi, Javed Akhtar discussed the origins, forms and usage of languages. Pointing out that since most young actors can only read English ...

Meet Anshu, an author delving into diverse realms. With a background in the UPSC CSE exam, Anshu combines expertise in labour, gender issues, Mithila culture, cuisine, environmental concerns, public ...

“Children studying in English-medium schools are alienated from their culture and traditions.” Thus lamented the Culture and Tourism Affairs Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Dharmendra Singh Lodhi at an ...

At 86, Hindi author Vinod Kumar Shukla is older than new India. The experience of having lived through innumerable political and social upheavals is visible in his stories, making his work a ...

Javed Akhtar says he has to write Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for the new generation of actors today because 'they can't read anything else'. The 79-year-old poet was speaking at a session ...

Stamps of Hindi Day and Pratap Narayan Mishra against a representative background of a table of some Indian languages, as recorded by German Indologist AFR Hoernlé in 1880. | Post of India, GODL-India ...

The Centre has abolished a six-decade-old award intended at promoting Hindi among non-Hindi speakers, causing surprise since the NDA government is widely seen as a champion of Hindi and has often been ...