While we casually use words like 'Avatar' and 'Karma' in daily English, their journey from the ancient Vedas involves a…
While most people know the word "curry" hails from India, few realize that everyday English words like "mango", "catamaran", and…
While Hindi and Urdu rely on completely different writing systems and divergent formal vocabularies—drawing from Sanskrit and Persian respectively—they share…
Discover the fascinating linguistics behind Telugu, often called the "Italian of the East" due to its unique 'Ajanta' structure where…
Discover the Madala Panji, the drum-shaped palm-leaf chronicles of the Jagannath Temple, which mark a revolutionary shift from verse to…
Explore the fascinating intersection of linguistics and material science by discovering how the fragile nature of palm leaves dictated the…
Travel back to the 16th-century Vijayanagara Empire to discover why Emperor Krishnadevaraya famously declared Telugu the "greatest of the nation's…
Discover the unique linguistic phenomenon of Bengali, the only language in the world to claim the national anthems of two…
In 1894, one man embarked on a seemingly impossible quest: to map every language on the Indian subcontinent. Discover the…
Ever wondered why Bombay became Mumbai, or why The Netherlands is no longer called Holland? The names on our maps…
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