BERKELEY — Learning a new language can sometimes be a hobby or requirement, but for Brian Linebaugh, it became a lifelong pursuit that led him across the world and ultimately inspired a documentary ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Matthew Prock This summer I’ve been learning Tamil. Not only is it the primary language ...

An Indian American fifth grader in Yorba Linda, California, is helping young students learn the difficult South Indian Tamil language. Smaran Ramnath, 10, was incredibly productive during the COVID-19 ...

The Sri Lankan government’s recent announcement that it would establish a much-delayed post-civil war reconciliation process in the country has been met with skepticism from many Sri Lankans. Even as ...

Brian Linebaugh pauses to think. He has just been tasked to do one of the most arduous jobs ever: sing. After a few seconds, he breaks into an impromptu rendition of ‘Nenje Un Aasai’, a Rajinikanth ...

A war of words has erupted between the chief minister of a southern Indian state and the federal government over an education policy that, among other things, also deals with what languages children ...

As debate around Hindi and Tamil continues to simmer, Sudha Murty brought in a perspective shaped by practice, not polemics. “We never faced any problem,” she ...