When British traders landed on India’s shores in the 1600s, they arrived in search of spices and silk but stayed for ...

Yet Indian English, capricious, inventive and elusive, has been impossible to ignore. When the Oxford English Dictionary decided it was time to add an Indian English pronunciation guide, ...

For many young readers feeling distant from their native cultures, translated books offer a way back home. “The idea that ...

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 ...

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 ...

By October 5, 2021 English language life in India is 204 years. For the last few years the celebration of Indian English Day on that day is catching up. Ever since the first English medium school… ...

Some examples of Hinglish. India has the second largest English-speaking population in the world (at 125 million), while many speak multiple languages.English fluency is socially prestigious and ...

As many countries where English is an adopted language, India has its share of English words and phrases that may seem odd to visitors. Here are some of our favorites.

In 1986, party leader M. Karunanidhi was arrested over anti-Hindi demonstrations during which 20 people committed suicide by self-immolation — all relating to the Hindi-first policy. English has ...

This is really an Indian English word, rather than an English word of Indian origin, but I like it. 6. Pukka: genuine, respectable. Hindi pakka, “cooked, ripe, substantial”.