Birthday girl, Sobhita Dhulipala, was 16 when she came to Mumbai and did not know the Hindi language. She had also spoken on being financially and emotionally independent.

From the Sahitya Akademi to the Booker Prize, these award-winning books by Indian authors offer emotional gravity, poetic ...

It is worth noting that at present English is used as the main teaching language in CBSE schools across the country, ...

India's giant movie industry is known for its macho, men-centric storylines, but a wave of women filmmakers is helping to ...

Kashmiri residents inspect a partially damaged house after military exchanges between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam killing incident. Source: EPA / FAROOQ KHAN/EPA/AAP ...

Meanwhile, a central-government push to promote the use of Hindi nationally gathers pace. Speakers of other languages are, predictably, pushing back. Language is a touchy subject in a country with ...

Aircel founder C Sivasankaran regrets not learning Hindi and not relocating to major cities like Delhi or Mumbai earlier in his career, believing these decisions cost him significant financial ...

Country Liberal Party Senator and opposition spokesperson for Indigenous Affairs, Jacinta Price, says the process to choose the next opposition leader is underway. Peter Dutton lost his seat of ...

Using 'Poorvi' — a Hindi word — for an English textbook represents symbolic overreach and a subtle assertion of Hindi supremacy, even in a subject taught in a global language.

When the Maharashtra government tried to make Hindi compulsory as a third language in primary schools, it faced an immediate and fierce backlash. From political leaders to playwrights, from angry ...

Nagarjuna spoke in a session on the second day of WAVES 2025 in Mumbai about the popularity of south Indian films in Hindi ... was very proud of his roots and language, and he shot it like ...

Following a fearless protagonist on the run after crossing paths with a powerful smuggler's family, this Hindi-language film explores themes of betrayal, survival, and retribution. Another major ...