THE colonial heritage handed down to us includes the expressive, practical, lovely and funny language called English. But during the British Raj, the indigenous people of the Indo-Pak subcontinent ...

Bilingualism, in many cases even multilingualism, being a special quality of most Indians, it comes as no surprise that many scholars working in various English Departments of Indian universities and ...

A LANGUAGE is not merely a language and it is a sum total of historical, cultural and societal influences that have been shaping that language for ages. It is, therefore, often said that a society ...

Have you noticed that when we speak English with our families and friends, it often sounds like a direct translation of Urdu, and yet everyone understands perfectly. It is quite different from when we ...

Pakistan is a linguistically diverse country with around 74 languages. According to the 1973 Constitution, Urdu is the national language, while English is the official language of Pakistan. The ...

For centuries, Kashmiri (Koshur) has been the soul of the Valley – its medium of everyday life, faith, philosophy, and the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In post-independence India, Urdu has undergone a strange trajectory both in the language politics and in the socio-cultural realm. Born, flourished and having seen the heyday of its glory in this ...