English

Where’s the Great Indian Novel?

Arunava Sinha

A novel written in English can never really become a ‘Great Indian Novel’. Such a book in English can only be a translation of an Indian novel, rather than one originally written even in His Salmanness’ sparkling prose

Operation Mind Your Language

Pallavi Polanki

English grammar books in hand, young Afghans are in India to prepare their next generation for the linguistic challenge that comes with fighting a global war on terror.

Jai Angrezi Devi Maiyya Ki

S Anand

Can the enshrinement of English as a goddess help Dalits overcome their hardships? Good question.

Kapil’s Kaplish

Madhavankutty Pillai

Kapil Dev, without any struggle, has got complete independence from the rules of the English language

Critical Condition

Suhit Kelkar

Last fortnight, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was nominated for the chair of Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Here, he lambastes English literary sensibility in India