New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday described Urdu as "the most beautiful language in the world" and said harmony between Hindus and Muslims is essential for the country's ...

It’s often said that French is silky, German is brutish, Italian is sexy, and Mandarin is angry. But do those stereotypes of these diverse languages hold empirically across cultures? Are some ...

LINGUISTS TEND to say that all languages are valuable, expressive and complex. They usually attribute negative attitudes to prejudice and politics. That is probably why no one has carefully studied ...

India, July 9 -- https://tehelka.com/media/2025/07/War-over-Marathi-why-language-is-an-emotive-issue-in-India.jpg Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on ...

Mr. Wehner, a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, is a contributing Opinion writer. He attends McLean Presbyterian Church in McLean, Va. Marilynne Robinson, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and ...

Distinguished Guest Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau The book marked its 50th anniversary in 2023, but a couple of years later, we find ourselves in a ...