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Culture war: Inner Mongolia seethes as China presses Mandarin at school

September 15, 2020 4:42 PM

TONGLIAO, CHINA (AFP) - As his son returned to school under the watchful eye of plainclothes police, an ethnic Mongolian father admitted defeat after days of fighting against a curriculum imposed by the Chinese state, which he fears will suffocate his culture.

Cheeky slogans breathe new life into 'Tamil pride' movement

September 10, 2020 5:00 AM

Twitter in India is seeing a century-old linguistic movement re-emerge as an irreverent Tamil pride campaign.

Cheeky Tamil pride slogans spark a movement among non-Hindi-speaking Indians

September 09, 2020 10:58 PM

BANGALORE - Twitter in India is seeing a century-old linguistic movement reemerge as an irreverent Tamil pride campaign

India's new policy for languages kids are taught in sparks debate

August 23, 2020 5:00 AM

As India overhauls its education policy after more than three decades, heated debates have erupted over the language in which children will be taught in their early years of schooling.

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