If there is one principle of criminal justice systems that stands deeply rooted in all countries, it is that of fair trials. And a fair trial, especially for refugees entering the West from Syria and Afghanistan, demands a fair process of interpreting from their native language to English. It is Read more…
Amrita Pritam, the famous poet who fled Pakistan after the partition of 1947, writes in her famous poem ‘Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shaah Nu ’ – “Lost is the flute, which once, blew sounds of the heartRanjha’s brothers, today, no longer know this art…” On the eve of the partition of the Read more…
“Birth is painful! They say, when a mother gives birth to a child, she undergoes through a pain equivalent to fracturing 20 bones altogether. Imagine the birth of a Nation – imagine the birth of Bangladesh. Imagine its pain” – Abhi Sanghani December 2021, marks half a century of the bloody Read more…
Linguistic profiling is the act of denying available goods or services to an individual based on their language or accent, creating roots for racial profiling and racism. This kind of profiling and prejudices are not limited to the preference of the English language over other languages. They extend to prejudices Read more…
Adorned with numerous tribal communities and races, Papua New Guinea stands out in terms of its social and ethnic assortments. The country has another feather on its cap, the official title of being the country with maximum languages. Though the country recognizes only 4 official languages, there are around 839 Read more…
With the Golden Jubilee of the Tulu Film Industry in 2021 (the first Tulu film came out in 1971), the demands to recognise Tulu (one of the five Pancha Dravida language) as an official language under the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution resurfaced on social media and garnered heavy Read more…
Although some people consider being deaf as a disability, others consider it as an inability or culture. To define deaf culture, first, we have to focus on the definition of ‘culture.’ The word ‘culture’ can be defined as “the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people Read more…
Unravelling the Factors behind the Transition of the Inuit Language Regime Historical Background For centuries, the Inuit community, a group of culturally similar people inhabiting the Arctic region of Nunavut in Canada, was geographically isolated with its only interaction with the foreign world being on account of the extensive whaling Read more…
The Gonds are an Indian ethnic group, who speak the Gondi language and belong to the Dravidian language family. They are the largest tribal groups in India and are spread across the states of Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha. They are Read more…
The Quran, along with the Sunnah and Hadith, constitute the primary sources of the Islamic Law (Sharia) which governs the lives of the members of the Muslim community. The tremendous amount of reliance placed on these sources makes it pertinent to ensure that these texts are understood, interpreted and followed Read more…