2000-Year-Old Mystery: Researchers May Have Decoded the Lost Script of Teotihuacan

Researchers decoded Teotihuacan symbols as an early Uto-Aztecan writing system, possibly linked to Nahuatl speakers and reshaping theories about the city’s people.
India West

Farsi To Be One Of India’s Nine Classical Languages

TEHRAN (ANI) – To deepen cultural ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced that India has decided to include Farsi (Persian) as one of the nine classical languages in India under the New ...
Al Jazeera English

Where are the most endangered languages in the world?

More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today and at least 3,000 of them, or 40 percent, are endangered. English is the most widely spoken language, with approximately 1.5 billion ...
Economic and Political Weekly

Classical Languages and the Ideology of Class and Privilege

The decision by the union government in 2004 to create a new category called the “classical language” tends to privilege a handful of Indian languages over numerous others. Constituting some languages ...
The Free Press Journal

Sindhi Community Seeks Classical Language Status From Union Govt

Mumbai: Sindhi speakers have sent representations to the Union government to declare it as a classical language, similar to the status enjoyed by 11 other Indian languages. Recognising a language as ...
The New Indian Express

President Murmu inaugurates ‘Granth Kutir’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan to showcase India’s classical languages

NEW DELHI: President of India Droupadi Murmu on Friday inaugurated the Granth Kutir at Rashtrapati Bhavan, a dedicated space that houses a rich collection of manuscripts and books in 11 classical ...
The New York Times

Stop Mutilating Classical Music to Sell It to Kids

Mr. Shinners is a pianist and harpsichordist and hosts the podcast “W.T.F. Bach.” Classical music has been in a crisis for decades. New generations don’t seem to care about it. The institutions that ...
Deccan Chronicle

Stalin Announces Literature Award for Non-Hindi Languages

Chennai: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday announced an annual Literature Award for best works in languages including Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi. The award, under the auspices of the state ...
The Hindu

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan releases 55 literary works developed by classical language centres

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) officially released 55 volumes of literary works in classical Indian languages like Kannada, Odia, Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil ...
NDTV

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Launches 55 New Books On Literary Works, Classical Languages

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday announced the release of 55 new books, including 41 literary works, 13 titles on classical languages, and a 45-episode Sign Language ...
The Pioneer

Pradhan releases 55 literary works in classical languages

Indian languages are a unifying force and have stood the test of time despite attempts of destroying them, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday. Pradhan made the comments while ...