The British artist and author Edmund De Waal said “With languages you are at home anywhere”. But this sort of philosophic insight is ill-advised in a polarized nation such as ours. Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s comment on language seems to have stirred a hornet’s nest “Diversity of languages & dialects is strength of our nation. But there is need for our nation to have one language, so that foreign […]

My son’s school like many other academic institutions across India are gearing up for Hindi Diwas. It is that day of the year when we suddenly remember our Hindihood, our roots, and experience a sense of belonging even if for a day!!! I suddenly thought about the innumerable instances we resort to speaking English despite knowing Hindi. Be it the restaurant owner or the friendly associate at the departmental store, […]