My first novel, My Friend Sancho, is now on the stands across India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
Amit Varma‘s excellent live blogpost from TEDx…“96% of Indians speak 4% of languages, and 4% of Indians speak 96% of languages.” At the time of independence, he says, the figure was 46%, not 4%. This loss of languages is a loss of historical knowledge. “If a democracy means respect for diversity,” he says, “then will a democracy be able to exist by killing diversity? [...] We are creating a graveyard of mother tongues.”
Parsi Khabar
languages.” At the time of independence, he says, the figure was 46%,
not 4%. This loss of languages is a loss of historical knowledge. “If a
democracy means respect for diversity,” he says, “then will a democracy
be able to exist by killing diversity? [...] We are creating a graveyard
of mother tongues.”