For nearly six decades, Leela Somani has learnt, recorded and preserved Rajasthani folk songs. A new book tells her story. In Marwari, 78-year-old Leela Somani’s mother tongue, there is an old saying: ...

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot's move to push for inclusion of Marwari as the official Rajasthani language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution has left the Congress tongue-tied as provincial satraps ...

To mark Mother Language Day (February 21) in 2020, we wrote about the significance of mother tongues in allowing us to access our pasts and our identities: “One’s mother tongue is really one’s oral ...