Translators don’t always have it easy. Often, a mere glance at the dictionary doesn’t suffice for translating certain passages from a text. In order to understand all the subtleties and nuances, one ...

The second is exposure to other languages, and the colonists came into contact with Native American languages, mariners’ Indian English pidgin and other settlers, who spoke Dutch, Swedish ...

As India progresses steadily on its path towards becoming a global economic and political power, can we still consider English merely a vestige of colonialism in contemporary Indian society?

The former UK PM has presented himself as a product of composite Indian and English cultural influences. But in an increasingly polarised world, many see him as a ‘brown Hindu’ with a British ...