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A Way with Words? Five myths about William Shakespeare's contribution to the English language
•The myths about the noted playwright make us lose sight of what is truly impressive about Shakespeare – what he did with his words
Hindi should be accepted as alternative to English, not to local languages, says Amit Shah
•The home minister said when citizens of states, who speak different languages, communicate with each other, it should be in "the language of India", according to a statement by the Union home ministry
Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and R Ashwin feature in 2021 ICC's Test Team of Year but no Indian in ODI XI
•Rohit featured as opener, Pant as wicketkeeper and Ashwin as the lone specialist spinner in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year but no Indian was included in the global body's ODI XI for 2021.
The cultural harmony in My Universe makes it as distinctly BTS as definitively Coldplay
Lgo •Interspersing English and Korean lyrics, this love song sees the Asian K-Pop singing phenomena hold their own as Chris Martin-led Coldplay bring their distinct brand of grand pop-rock to the experience.
St. Stephen releases first cut-off list for undergraduate courses; interviews to be held online
•St. Stephen's College releases a separate cut-off list from the Delhi University that has 85 percent weightage, and the remaining 15 percent is based on online interviews
Explained: As Duolingo files to go public in the US, a look at the company’s trajectory over the years
Fp Staff •Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and in 2019 became the top-grossing education app worldwide.
Beyond BTS, how Friends has been a key learning resource for English language across the globe
•Fans and educators on three continents echo the sentiment, saying that Friends is a near-perfect amalgam of easy-to-understand English and real-life scenarios that feel familiar even to people who live worlds away from Manhattan
English Language Day 2021: Date, significance and all you need to know
Trendingdesk •English language originated in medieval England and has taken its name from the Angles -- a West Germanic tribe
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2020: Arundhati Subramaniam, Venita Coelho among winners
•The list includes seven books of poetry, four novels, five short stories, two plays, and one each of memoirs and epic poetry in 20 Indian languages.
Oxford Languages' 2020 Word of the Year: An unprecedented choice that highlights linguistic effect of COVID-19 on English
•The 2020 report does highlight some zippy new coinages, like 'Blursday' (which captures the way the week blends together), 'covidiots' (you know who you are) and 'doomscrolling' (who, me?). But mostly, it underlines how the pandemic has utterly dominated public conversation, and given us a new collective vocabulary almost overnight.