language and identity

language and nationality

Texts

“Census: More than 19,500 languages spoken in India as mother tongues”, Gulf News, July, 2018
"‘Kindly adjust’ to our English", Shashi Tharoor, The Week, June 2018
"From the archive, 6 January 1958: Debate rages over official language in India", The Guardian
"Should Hindi be the national language in India?", debate.org
"Imposition of Hindi as the 'national' language makes me believe that Karnataka is an independent nation"
“The Loss of my Ancestral Tongue: Why I Regret Not Learning Punjabi”, Simran Kaur Takhi, Brown Girl Magazine, 16 October, 2018

Videos

body language

DECOLONIZATION

“Decolonizing the Minds of Indians Starts with Our Names”, Brown Girl Magazine, by Roo Yeshpaul, 1 November, 2018

pronunciation

Indian consonants, "India Business Report",BBC segment on education

Video from Vice about Indian “Gully Rap”.

hinglish

Lingua franca