Thomas Macaulay’s Minute from February 2, 1835. In his landmark proposal to the British Crown, Macaulay represented the kind of teaching that would prevail in India for the rest of British rule.

A couple of weeks ago, a major (though seemingly contrived) controversy broke out in India over the increased use of the Hindi language on social media. Language is a contentious issue in India, and ...

English plays a crucial role in modern India, serving as a bridge between diverse linguistic and cultural communities. Its promotion should be prioritized, not as a replacement for Indian languages, ...

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 ...

It was Gauri Shinde’s English Vinglish in 2012 that first threw light on how inferior India can make non-English speakers feel. The docile, home chef Shashi Godbole (played by Sridevi), whose laddoos ...

FIFTY years ago, oil November 1, 1858, at a great durbar at Allahabad, it was proclaimed that Queen Victoria had assumed the government of India. This fact is of more than mere historic importance, ...