Only about 10% of India’s 1.3 billion people know English. Yet, that is the only language Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa, which was launched in India two years ago, understands in the nation. That ...

The new Hindi localization of its website and app is available in India, reports Reuters. The new site is an aggressive move to gain leverage over India’s other e-tailers including Flipkart, Snapdeal, ...

Down here in New Zealand, there is a strong emphasis on rejuvenating the indigenous Māori language. Māori make up about 17% of the New Zealand population. Despite their present-day struggles – ...

When Wild Wild Country came out on Netflix in 2018, Acharya Rajneesh – or Osho, as he came to be known – was, in many ways, exiled twice over. For an older generation, the documentary confirmed their ...

World Hindi Day is observed on January 10 to highlight the global journey of the Hindi language beyond India. Image Source : Pinterest New Delhi: World Hindi Day is observed each year to recognise ...

If you think Mandarin and English are the only languages that are widely spoken, the data on Hindi will surprise you. Were you aware that more than 425 million people speak Hindi as their first ...

People who speak English in India will "soon feel ashamed," according to a senior government minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. But the party's efforts to promote Hindi are facing ...

Christopher L. Diamond is affiliated with the School of Culture, History, and Language in the College of Asia & the Pacific at the Australian National University. Trent Brown is affiliated with the ...