English remains entrenched in India and is widely used by India’s elite, bureaucracy, and companies. It is particularly important in its written form, as the official versions of most documents use ...

This article first appeared in The Conversation. English is widely acknowledged as the world's most successful language. It has developed over the 20th century into a global lingua franca, the most ...

Even though Dalit self-assertion has come a long way since the 1980s, Dalit voices remain subdued in mainstream Indian media and fiction. India’s upper-caste elite are exclusive producers, promoters, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi’s bimonthly journal, is India’s oldest and the only journal of its kind featuring translations ...

In a previous article on the role of English in India, I argued that privileging English over Indian languages hurts Indian education and economic development. While this is the most profound effect ...

Indian English is the only language that uses the expression 'non-veg' for meat, fish, and those who consume them. A fascinating extract from Shashi Tharoor's A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word in ...

Do India’s 1.3 billion people need English? Not according to Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. At an event last week in New Delhi to mark “Hindi day,” Mr. Naidu called English “a disease left behind by ...

Kristen Fischer's viral Instagram video delves into unique 'Indian English' phrases she discovered after relocating to Delhi. Expressions such as 'shifting,' 'time pass,' and 'loose motion' intrigued ...

An American woman's recent viral video, in which she hilariously explains the nuances of 'Indian English' has taken the internet by storm. The video, which has been shared and viewed several times, ...

A French man's post about English phrases learned from his Indian wife has gone viral, delighting desi social media users. A post by a French man sharing a hilarious list of English phrases he's ...