Karthik Venkatesh

Mar 16, 2024 | champaca.in | Karthik Venkatesh

Book Launch of 10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be By Karthik Venkatesh Regular price Rs. 0.00 Sale price Rs. 0.00 Unit price /per Tax included. Join us on 23 March at 5 pm at Champaca Bookstore for the launch of Karthik Venkatesh's book '10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be'. We will have a fun quiz from the book followed by a discussion. Karthik will be in conversation with Ramjee Chandran.

Mar 12, 2024 | bangalorereview.com | Karthik Venkatesh

Karthik Venkatesh’s book, 10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be, though categorised as a children’s book, is an interesting enough read for both young adults and adults. Packing quite a punch, the book, as the title says, is about ten Indian languages, culled from the thousand-odd languages spoken in India. It is about their evolution, transformation and development too.

Feb 21, 2024 | madrascourier.com | Karthik Venkatesh

It stands to reason that in a David-and-Goliath situation, most ordinary people support the underdog a.k.a. David. When the Goliath in question is backed by those in power and some questionable assertions are made about the ‘value’ of the ‘classical’ and the ‘vulgarity’ of the ‘popular’, David garners even more support. This in a nutshell is how Radio Ceylon stole a march over All India Radio (AIR) in the 1950s.

Feb 19, 2024 | scroll.in | Karthik Venkatesh

The number of languages spoken in India is much discussed and even more disputed. Many have attempted to compute the exact figure. What we can say with authority is that it is a very large number. Among the earliest who attempted to count were the poets – Amir Khusrau in the courts of the Delhi Sultanate and Abul Fazl in Akbar’s court. Writing in CE 1317, Khusrau listed Sindhi, Dogri, Kannada, Telugu, Gujarati, Tamil, Bangla and “Hindavi” as the “languages of Hind”.

Feb 16, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Karthik Venkatesh

Santali is the most widely spoken Adivasi language in India; But it was included in the Eighth Schedule only in 2003, a reminder of the country’s complicated language politics 600 Santhals attack a party of 50 sepoys during the 1855 Santhal Rebellion.