As British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves searches for ways to stimulate growth, here is a reminder to her — on the International Day of Multilingualism — that she is sitting on a huge pot ...

Ram Manohar Lohia launched the ‘Angrezī Hatao’ movement in 1957. He wanted Hindi to be the language of the Union government.

Experts spoke with Education Week about the potential challenges and opportunities an official U.S. language creates.

Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not stop using languages other than English because of an executive order.

IT’S St Patrick’s Day today when ­everyone feels that extra bit Irish. However, ask most of us to string a few lines together as Gaeilge and we’d be in trouble. Despite the prominence of Irish in ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order naming English as the official language of the United States — as if ...

Ram Manohar Lohia was in the verandah of former chief justice of the Delhi High Court Rajindar Sachar’s house in Chandigarh when he got the news that anti-Hindi protesters in Tamil Nadu were burning ...

This policy has helped maintain unity in a diverse nation, even as linguistic disputes occasionally flare up. In contrast, the countries that try imposing monolingualism often meet with backlash.