The partition of British India in 1947 posed significant challenges to the state-building process in both India and Pakistan, including in Bengal, which faced the complexities of being divided between ...

Apparently, Bengali (or Bangla) is the seventh spoken language in the world by population. By some statistics, its position is sixth, and even fifth in another! I am not elated by this because the ...

Wednesday marks International Mother Language Day, and members of the Bengali community came together for a celebration of ethnic heritage. The day aims to celebrate people from every country speaking ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that no one should try to play with or insult the Bengali language, asking whether there can be an India without West Bengal. Banerjee ...

Bangla Academy, the National Academy of Arts and Letters in Bangladesh, observes its 60th anniversary today. The 60 years of its existence were eventful, and beyond the scope of words to chronicle its ...

Kolkata: Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the granting of classical language status to Bengali, in a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi. Similar status was given to Assamese, Marathi, Pali and ...

South Korean YouTuber Lee Jun-hak fell in love with Bengali culture and language when he arrived in India in 2016 for his university studies. While pursuing a degree majoring in Hindi, Lee picked up ...

“Language is patriarchal”-- this topic has received much attention from a gender studies perspective. Language is a powerful way to reinforce and normalize the dominance of men over women within socio ...