Driven by migration to the more industrialised states, bilingualism in the country increased to a little over 26% of the population in 2011 from nearly 24.8% in 2001, according to data from the 2011 ...

A Bharatiya Janata Party legislator on today sparked a Hindi-Marathi debate in the Maharashtra Legislative Council after he sought to raise a job-related matter by speaking in Hindi. House proceedings ...

MUMBAI: The Mahayuti government on Tuesday night issued a government resolution bringing back Hindi as a third optional-cum-compulsory language in Marathi and English medium schools in the state from ...

What’s in a language? Lots, if we are talking about the linguistic fencing in Maharashtra over Marathi and Hindi. A day before eminent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra ...

Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar on Monday made it clear only Marathi is mandatory in the state, and not Hindi, and said the ongoing controversy on teaching a third language in ...

Television writer Arachana Joshi reflects on her journey from theatre and acting to writing some of Hindi and Marathi television’s popular shows. She discusses how an opportunity in translation led ...

I wrote on twitter a few days ago that Marathi films should be given a few primetime slots at the multiplexes. And that Multiplex bodies themselves should promote and cultivate regional cinema. Few ...

Actors Preity Zinta, Subodh Bhave, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh, and Spruha Joshi; singer and music composer Vishal ...

Mumbai: Hindi will not be a compulsory third language in Maharashtra state board schools, but it will be the default choice unless at least 20 students in a class opt for an alternative language, ...